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PNG landowners launch lawsuit over BHP mine waste

A group of Papua New Guinea land owners has launched a multi-billion-dollar damages claim against Australian mining giant BHP Billiton for dumping mine waste into a river system several years ago.
Five years ago, BHP Billiton donated its 52 per cent stake in the OK Tedi mine in PNG’s western highlands into a trust that would [...]

Dana Resources Technical Update on Collota 1.17 Million Ounce Gold Deposit

Dana Resources a US-based precious metals exploration and development company, is pleased to announce the initiation of the production program at its Collota gold deposit. Dana Resources currently owns and operates seven mining projects located in Peru’s most prolific mining regions.
The Collota Gold Deposit is located in Northern Peru in the region of Ancash on [...]

Guinea says to stop bauxite exports, develop alumina

Top bauxite producer Guinea said it wants to stop exports of the key raw material for aluminium and focus on developing its own alumina sector, Mining Minister Dr.Ousmane Sylla told Reuters on Monday.
“I want to stop exports of bauxite. We have done this for 50 years,” he told Reuters on the sidelines of a Metal [...]

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Greenlight for coal, iron ore mining flashed

A Greenlight has been flashed for the vast coal and iron ore reserves at Mchuchuma and Liganga to be mined for various industrial and domestic uses, it was revealed yesterday.
This has been revealed by the Industry and Trade Minister, Basil Mramba, and the good news comes barely two weeks after the World Bank said [...]

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North American Tungsten Corporation Ltd.: Underground Probable Mineral Reserve at Cantung

North American Tungsten Corporation Ltd. is pleased to announce an updated National Instrument 43-101 compliant mineral reserve estimate for the underground portion of the Cantung Mine. This mineral reserve estimate, dated September 1, 2006, was prepared by NATC and audited by Scott Wilson Roscoe Postle Associates (“Scott Wilson RPA”). An additional mineral resource estimate by [...]

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Petromin begins production testing on two recently completed discovery wells

Further to our June 02, 2008 news release, Petromin Resources Ltd. announce that it has now completed nine successful multi oil and gas wells, on its Redwater lands in Central Alberta. The Company retains a 25% – 50% working interest in the first 7 wells. The Company also retains an 11% GORR on its [...]

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Wild Brush Acquires Additional Powder River Oil & Gas Lease

Wild Brush Energy announces the purchase of an additional Powder River Basin Federal Oil & Gas Lease in the State of Wyoming. The lease is located on the eastern side of the Basin in Weston County. This is the fifth lease the Company now controls in the region.
Wild Brush maintains its expansion strategy through acquisition [...]

Russian-Iranian uranium enrichment joint venture still on agenda – Putin

Russian President Vladimir Putin
told reporters in Shanghai on Thursday that the idea of establishing the
Russian-Iranian uranium enrichment joint venture was still high on the
agenda.
“Iran does not deny the benefits of such a venture, though, we did
not discuss it with the Iranian president today,” Mr. Putin said.
[...]

Waratah Coal Confirms Worley Parsons Appointment to Galilee Basin Coal Project

Waratah Coal announced that it has engaged energy and resources engineering company Worley Parsons as lead consultant and project manager for its proposed A$5.3B mine, rail and port development in Central Queensland, Australia. Waratah Coal President and CEO Peter Lynch said “we are glad to have secured the services of such a highly regarded and [...]

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Nabucco gets boost with Turkmenistan pledge

EU officials said they’ve received what the fledgling pipeline project needed most — a dedicated supply — from Turkmenistan during a recent meeting.
“For the first time, we have a concrete volume for Nabucco which comes from Turkmenistan alone,” said a spokeswoman for Benita Ferrero-Waldner, the EU commissioner for external relations, the BBC reports.
Nabucco is a [...]