Badger Mining Corp., a Berlin provider of specialized sand for industrial applications, has been named the best small business to work for in America by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM).
The SHRM in Alexandria, Va., is a human resources management association comprised of more than 210,000 individual members. The association released its third annual [...]

The TSX scored a solid advance Monday as a $40-billion US takeover deal involving two of Canada’s biggest mining companies sparked widespread buying in mining stocks.
The TSX metals and mining sub-index rose 5.7 per cent, with shares of Inco and Falconbridge surging on news of a deal with U.S. mining giant Phelps Dodge.
Inco stock climbed [...]

Analytical Graphics Ranked Nation’s Number One Company Three Years Running
Badger Mining Corp. of Berlin, Wis., and software company and defense contractor Analytical Graphics, Inc. of Exton, Pa., have respectively been named the number one “Best Small & Medium Companies to Work for in America.” This is the third annual release of the list recognizing the [...]

Anglesey Mining PLC said it is starting a major drilling programme in July at the Labrador Iron Mines properties in Canada.
Initial drilling will be on deposits around Schefferville, Quebec with the aim of validating earlier drilling by the Iron Ore Company of Canada.
The drill will then move to the Astray deposit, 80 km south-east of [...]

South African engineering firm Bateman Engineered Technologies and Chinese heavy-machinery manufacturer Citic Heavy Engineering have entered into a formal agreement to market Citic’s range of mills and tube mills in Southern Africa.
The deal, facilitated by The Beijing Axis (TBA) and unveiled on Monday, will see Bateman Engineered Technologies, a division of Bateman Engineering NV, acquiring [...]

MULTIPLEX Group plans to use the $274 million from its sale of Goldfields House in Sydney to Valad Property Group yesterday to cut its debt.
Director of investor relations Peter Murphy said the proceeds will be used to ease the company’s senior debt and fund its Property Trust commercial mortgage backed securities (CMBS) program.
Mr Murphy said [...]

The drive on a two-lane road going north from Waukee makes Mary Ladurini’s stomach queasy.
Along the roadway, new houses are popping up daily around the intersection of 280th Street and Alice’s Road — about two miles north of Waukee. Ladurini, 71, of Grimes, predicts the subdivision will replace the small square four- and five-room houses [...]

A new study in Western Australia has found the urine of a wild Australian dog may play an important role in the rehabilitation of mine sites.
The Curtin University study has revealed the urine of dingos can effectively repel wild kangaroos from some areas of new-growth vegetation.
Dr Michael Parsons says once an appropriate delivery mechanism is [...]

One non-commissioned officer and one village guard were slightly wounded in a land-mine blast near eastern city of Elazig, sources said on Saturday.
The land-mine, earlier planted by terrorist organization PKK, exploded near Maden town of Elazig while security forces were patrolling around the area.
Yesterday morning, another land-mine explosion occurred in the town injuring two non-commissioned [...]

Galantas Gold Corp said it has made ’substantial’ progress in the construction of its Omagh gold mine in Ireland.
The company said commissioning is expected in late summer with first cash flow from the project anticipated in the early autumn. It expects to hit full production in three to six months after that.
Galantas said that when [...]