China Natural Resources Consummates Acquisition of Coal Mining Company in Guizhou Province, PRC

July 17, 2009 Filed Under: Coal Mining, Mining Investment, Mining Stocks  
China Natural Resources Consummates Acquisition of Coal Mining Company in Guizhou Province, PRC

CHINA NATURAL RESOURCES, INC. announced that, on July 10, 2009, it consummated the acquisition of (a) all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of Pineboom Investments Limited and its wholly-owned subsidiaries (the “Coal Group”) and (b) the outstanding indebtedness owing by the Coal Group to the related-party seller on the closing date. Pineboom, through its operating subsidiary,... 

Caterpillar Aligns to Better Serve Customers and Focus Accountability

October 10, 2008 Filed Under: Mining Equipment  

To strengthen its world-class product and service offerings, Caterpillar Inc. is aligning its machine product and marketing organizations to sharpen customer focus, position the company to achieve its 2010 and Vision 2020 goals and build deep expertise in product development. “We are well-positioned for long-term success,” said Caterpillar Chairman and CEO Jim Owens. “And Team Caterpillar... 

Harvest Natural Resources Announces Lease Acquisition – Bay Exploration Area

July 9, 2008 Filed Under: Oil and Gas  

Harvest Natural Resources, Inc. announced the successful acquisition of significant additional leasehold covering its prospective Bay Exploration Area located near Galveston, Texas. This completes the lease acquisition phase in this area. Harvest and its partners now control a major position in the Bay prospective area containing 13 identified leads in the regionally prolific Frio and Vicksburg intervals.... 

Hawk Commences Helicopter-borne VTEM Survey Over the Cluff Lake Uranium Project, Northern Saskatchewan

April 19, 2008 Filed Under: Mining Contractors, Uranium Mining  

Hawk Uranium Inc. is pleased to announce that Geotech Ltd., of Aurora, Ontario has commenced a 2,000 km helicopter-borne Time Domain Electromagnetic Geophysical Survey with a VTEM system over Hawk’s wholly owned Cluff Lake Uranium Project in Northern Saskatchewan. Geotech Ltd. has advised Hawk that it expects to complete this survey by the end of April. The helicopter-borne Versatile Time Domain... 

Canadian Superior Launches Kan Tan IV Semi-Submersible Drilling Rig Out of Brownsville Harbour to Trinidad

May 13, 2007 Filed Under: Mining Contractors, Mining Services  

Canadian Superior Energy Inc. Speaking from the dockside of the harbour in Brownsville, Texas, Canadian Superior’s Chairman, Greg Noval, said today at 7:00 AM Central Daylight Time, “We have launched the Kan Tan IV semi-submersible drilling rig on its way to Trinidad. The rig is being towed to Trinidad by Secunda International Limited of Nova Scotia, Canada and Tidewater, Inc. of Houston,... 

Uranium exploration firms flock to Niger desert

May 13, 2007 Filed Under: Lithium Mining, Uranium Mining, Vanadium Mining  

Niger has granted a wave of permits to British, Canadian and Indian mining firms allowing them to explore for uranium in its desert north, the West African country’s government said on Saturday. A total of 23 permits were granted to three Canadian firms, three British firms and an Indian company, enabling them to explore in the former French colony’s Arlit and Tchirozerine regions, vast... 

Canadian Superior Launches Kan Tan IV Semi-Submersible Drilling Rig Out of Brownsville Harbour to Trinidad

May 11, 2007 Filed Under: Mining Contractors, Mining Services  

Canadian Superior Energy Inc. Speaking from the dockside of the harbour in Brownsville, Texas, Canadian Superior’s Chairman, Greg Noval, said today at 7:00 AM Central Daylight Time, “We have launched the Kan Tan IV semi-submersible drilling rig on its way to Trinidad. The rig is being towed to Trinidad by Secunda International Limited (‘Secunda’) of Nova Scotia, Canada and Tidewater,... 

Conservationists ask if Chuitna coal mine is worth the risks

January 7, 2007 Filed Under: Coal Mining, Mercury Mining, Mining Services  

Mining the Beluga coal fields across Cook Inlet from the Kenai Peninsula may put a spark in the Southcentral Alaska economy, but conservationists say it also will endanger rich salmon spawning streams and add significant pollution to the local atmosphere. PacRim Coal LP, the company developing the Chuitna Coal Project located within the Beluga deposit, is at work on a supplemental environmental impact... 

Magnus International Resources Acquiring African Mineral Fields to Explore Mineral Opportunities in Africa

Magnus International Resources, Inc. announced today that it has entered into a letter of intent to acquire African Mineral Fields, a company which holds an exclusive option to acquire 100% interests in four gold projects in Uganda. The acquisition comes as part of Magnus’ decision to expand its mineral portfolio into Africa, which holds 55% of the known global gold resource and is experiencing... 

Magnus Acquiring African Mineral Fields to Explore Mineral Opportunities in Africa

Magnus International Resources (“Magnus”) ”the Company”) NASD OTC-BB: ”˜MGNU’) announced today that it has entered into a letter of intent to acquire African Mineral Fields, a company which holds an exclusive option to acquire 100% interests in four gold projects in Uganda. The acquisition comes as part of Magnus’ decision to expand its mineral portfolio...