Canasia Industries Corporation wishes to announce that it has received approval on a portion of the coal permits submitted to the Saskatchewan Ministry of Energy and Resources. This initial approval covers less than 5% of the coal applications listed in the Letters of Comfort that Canasia has received. Management expects additional applications to be [...]

PBS Coals Limited announces that PBS Coals Corporation and a subsidiary of Severstal Resources have received written confirmation from the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) under the Exon-Florio Amendment to the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended, that no second-stage investigation will be initiated in respect of the joint [...]

America West Resources, Inc., a domestic coal producer with mining operations in Central Utah, announced that it has entered into a loan agreement that provides for up to $2.8 million of funding pending the entry of a final confirmation order allowing its wholly owned subsidiary, Hidden Splendor, to emerge from bankruptcy.
The $2.8 million one-year term [...]

Kalimantan Gold Corporation Limited has completed the acquisition of the remaining 25% interest in its KSK Contract of Work that it did not already hold. This follows the recent receipt of approvals from the Indonesian regulatory authorities for the transaction that was initially announced on October 16, 2007.
Rahman Connelly, Deputy Chairman and CEO of [...]

Mechel OAO, one of the leading Russian mining and metals companies, announces inclusion of its ordinary registered book-entry shares on MICEX quotation list V.
On October 9, 2008, MICEX Stock Exchange closed joint-stock company approved the inclusion of Mechel OAO ordinary registered book-entry shares, state registration number 1-01-55005-E as of April 29, 2003, on the list [...]

KAL Energy, Inc., a thermal coal explorer and developer, today announced that it has successfully amended the terms of its royalty agreement with Concord International. Under the terms of the new agreement, the Company will pay royalties as follows:
1. For all coal sales under $40 per metric ton the royalty is reduced [...]

North American Gem Inc. announce that 69 Coal Prospecting Permits have been issued to the Company in Saskatchewan, near the most recent coal discovery by Goldsource Mines Inc.. The Coal Prospecting permits cover 134,600 acres (52,992 hectares) and comprise the first set of Coal Disposition Applications that were filed by North American Gem that received [...]

Mineralogy Pty Ltd., a privately-held company based in Brisbane, Australia, is pleased to announce that it is offering to purchase, for $1.41 per common share in cash, that number of common shares of Waratah Coal Inc. that constitutes, when added to the Waratah common shares beneficially owned by Mineralogy or any of its affiliates, 50.1% [...]

JAG Media Holdings, Inc. announced that it has entered into a non-binding letter of intent with BlueCreek Energy, Inc. and several other parties, pursuant to which BlueCreek will merge with a wholly-owned subsidiary of JAG Media. In consideration of the merger, the shareholders of BlueCreek would receive at the closing a number of shares of [...]

Homeland Energy Group Ltd., in conjunction with Homeland Energy & Mining, SA, held grand opening ceremonies for the Kendal Colliery yesterday at the Kendal site, approximately 90km east of Johannesburg earlier this week.
Following a tour of the mine and plant sites, as well as the new housing community Homeland has built for local residents, Deputy [...]