FEI Company Expands Presence in Automated Mineralogy Market

FEI Company, a leading provider of high-resolution imaging and analysis systems, today announced that it had acquired substantially all of the assets of Intellection Holdings Pty. Ltd. of Brisbane, Australia. Intellection’s primary product is the QEMSCAN automated mineralogy system. The purchase increases FEI’s presence in the automated mineralogy market for global mining companies and continues... 

Xstrata Copper’s Kidd Metallurgical Facility and Union Reach Agreement in Principle

Xstrata Copper Canada is pleased to announce it has reached a tentative agreement with the Union Executives of CAW-Local 599 for the renewal of the collective agreement at the Kidd Metallurgical site. Kidd Metallurgical employees are expected to vote on the agreement on November 6, 2008. The collective agreement expired on September 30, 2008 at midnight and the CAW has been on strike since October... 

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Waratah Coal Wins Explorer of the Year Award

Waratah Coal has been named Queensland Explorer of the Year at the Mining 2008 conference in Brisbane. Waratah CEO and President Peter Lynch and Company Chairman Nick Mather accepted the award last night in Brisbane, from the Deputy Director General of the Queensland Department of Mines and Energy, Stuart Booker. Figure 1: Mr Stuart Booker, Mr Peter Lynch, Mr Stewart McDonald (Mining 2008) & Mr... 

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Mineralogy announces partial take-over bid for Waratah Coal Inc.

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% of the Waratah shares outstanding (on a fully-diluted basis). The... 

Mineralogy Pty Ltd acquires a further .2047% interest in Waratah Coal Inc.

Mineralogy Pty Ltd, a privately-held corporation based in Brisbane, Australia, announced today that the Company acquired 115,400 common shares (the Shares) in the capital of Waratah Coal Inc. representing .2047% of the issued and outstanding shares of Waratah. The company bought the shares on market on 30th September 2008. The company has agreed to payed a total of C$ 155,790 (Canadian Dollars) for... 

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Mineralogy Pty Ltd acquires a further 5.49% interest in Waratah Coal Inc.

Mineralogy Pty Ltd, a privately-held corporation based in Brisbane, Australia, announced today that the Company acquired 3,091,400 common shares (the Shares) in the capital of Waratah Coal Inc. representing 5.49% of the issued and outstanding shares of Waratah. The company entered into a contract to buy such shares dated 17th September 2008 which has a date for settlement under the contract of 17... 

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Lihir Gold Limited Files Mt. Rawdon NI 43-101 Technical Report

Lihir Gold Limited announce the filing of its Mt. Rawdon Mine Technical Report, completed to NI 43-101 standards, which will be available on SEDAR shortly at (http://www.sedar.com) and on the Company’s website: www.LGLgold.com. This report was prepared under the supervision of Mr. Morgan Hart, BappSc Geology, MAusIMM, Executive General Manager Australia and Africa, an appropriately qualified... 

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Xstrata Copper Announces C$121 Million Investment to Extend Kidd Mine

Xstrata Copper announces investment of C$121 million to deepen and extend the life of the underground Kidd Mine located in the Timmins area of Northern Ontario, Canada. Already the world’s deepest copper and zinc mine, the latest project will extend the mining zone at Mine D from 9,100 feet to 9,500 feet, improving the production profile from the mine through the addition of 3.4 million tonnes... 

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ArcelorMittal Increases Shareholding in Macarthur Coal to 19.9%

ArcelorMittal today announces that it has increased its stake in Macarthur Coal Limited (ASX: MCC – News) from 14.9% to 19.9%, following the acquisition of a further 5 % stake (10,607,830 shares) from Talbot Group Holdings. The shares were purchased at $ AUD 20, bringing ArcelorMittal’s total investment in Macarthur Coal to $ AUD 843 million. The purchase is subject to Foreign Investment Review... 

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Pan Australian opens mine in Laos

Pan Australian Resources Ltd has officially opened its $US241 million ($A257.03 million) Phu Kham copper-gold mine in Laos. Commissioning was completed several months ahead of the company’s mid-2008 target date, and within budget, enabling it to move quickly to take advantage of record copper prices. Managing director Gary Stafford said the Lao government had exercised its right to acquire a...