…  a total of 9,255 hectares surrounding both the Poplar and China Creek deposits. These claims were staked to cover the entire potential …  Poplar Project is in an area that has seen a great deal of successful mineral exploration. Imperial Metal’s Huckleberry mine, …

…  to ramp up production later this year. The new supply deal, which is in addition to an agreement signed in October, calls for China-based LDK to supply 800 megawatts of solar wafers starting next June and …

…  hopes rising demand from fast-industrialising China, to whom it granted a series of exploration licences last July, means the …  the government in Niamey in the 1990s and although peace deals were signed, the region remains a hotbed of resentment and is awash with …

…  expanding iron-ore operations. Economic growth in China, the largest customer for the raw material used to make steel, was 10.7 …  to mine copper in Mongolia. That’s smaller than other deals completed by rivals last year, such as Xstrata Plc’s C$19 billion ($16.1 …

…  Friday its subsidiary EnCana (Chad) Holdings Ltd. closed a deal to sell its interests in Chad exploration assets to a unit of China National Petroleum Corp. for about $202.5 million. The company said …

China, which is aggressively seeking overseas energy assets to fuel its booming economy, …  oil minister said he was against the CITIC Group deal. “We must take extreme measures to stop the agreement on the …  authorities, KMG was given the option, exercisable within a year at a price based on CITIC’s purchase price for Nations …

…  was “in the dark” about a 46 million dollar buy-out by China’s Bosai Minerals Group of a 70-percent share in a bauxite company …  said his administration would not recognize the deal because the government, which holds the remaining 30 percent share in Omai …  will want to enter into an arrangement of that sort without having some discussion with the other shareholder and especially if …

…  the groundwork for an expected boom in uranium demand from China, as the Chinese and Canadian governments pursue talks that would …  in the uranium exporting business, which signed a deal earlier this year with its Asian neighbour that will allow for exports and …

…  Dodge and a small Vancouver company. The cash and stock deal, the richest so far in a furious spate of activity among the international …  demand from rapidly growing industrial powerhouses such as China. And despite the billions of dollars being funnelled into exploration, …

…  in Kazakhstan, the companies said. State-controlled China International Trust and Investment Corp has so far only had limited …  the Kazakhstan foray could potentially prove a lucrative deal for the sprawling group, observers said. “It’s a business where there’s …