Nass Valley Gateway signs agreement to acquire three gold prospects, Kirkland Lake Mining Camp, Ontario, Canada

February 5, 2010 Filed Under: Precious Metal  
Nass Valley Gateway signs agreement to acquire three gold prospects, Kirkland Lake Mining Camp, Ontario, Canada

NASS VALLEY GATEWAY LTD., announce the signing of an Acquisition Agreement with Golden Dawn Minerals Inc. (GOM), which gives the Company an option to acquire an 80% Joint Venture interest in three gold prospects within the Larder Lake Mining Division of the Province of Ontario, Canada. The three properties, Central Catharine, Link-Catharine, and the 80-Foot-Fall property are located within the Boston-Skead... 

Stans Energy Corp. Acquires Former Producing Kutessay II Rare Earth Mine

December 30, 2009 Filed Under: Mining Investment, Mining Stocks  
 Stans Energy Corp. Acquires Former Producing Kutessay II Rare Earth Mine

Stans Energy Corp. acquired 100% of the Kutessay II deposit along with 100% of the Kalesay Beryllium deposit from the Government of Kyrgyzstan for $855,000 US by acquiring 100% of “Kutisay Mining” on the Central Asian Stock Exchange. Stans Energy Corp. has commenced a feasibility study on restarting production at Kutessay II. A NI 43-101 report will be done in conjunction with the feasibility... 

Rajant Corporation Announces Agreement with Caterpillar Dealer, MacAllister Machinery

November 13, 2009 Filed Under: Mining Equipment  
Rajant Corporation Announces Agreement with Caterpillar Dealer, MacAllister Machinery

Rajant Corporation, a leading provider of wireless mining solutions, announced today that it has entered into a reseller agreement with Indiana-based MacAllister Machinery Co. Inc., (MacAllister ) to market, sell and support its BreadCrumb® wireless mesh communications product line. “We look forward to working with MacAllister within the Caterpillar dealer network. With this new dealer agreement,... 

Fleming Gulf’s Global Mining Technology Forum 1st -2nd March 2010, Dubai -UAE

October 11, 2009 Filed Under: Lithium Mining, Mining Services, Oil and Gas  
Fleming Gulf's Global Mining Technology Forum 1st -2nd  March 2010, Dubai -UAE

There is a real need of a highly modified technology for the mining industry today. Being an informational economy, we recognize the increasing availability of information given to us through various resources. On the other hand, we now have tools to enable us to garner great value from that information quite readily. New information products can better inform decision processes. As businesses are... 

Royal Dutch Shell plc: New Accounting Segmentation

September 28, 2009 Filed Under: Oil and Gas  
Royal Dutch Shell plc: New Accounting Segmentation

Royal Dutch Shell plc has implemented, as from 1 July, 2009, a series of changes to senior management roles and responsibilities. Accounting disclosure segmentation, as from the third quarter 2009, will reflect the new organisational structure. These changes will reduce Shell’s administrative costs, simplify the presentation of Shell’s financial results, and at the same time provide additional... 

Blackstone Mobilizes Diamond Drill Rig to Norbotten Copper-Gold Project to Test Anomaly

August 18, 2009 Filed Under: Copper Mining, Precious Metal  
Blackstone Mobilizes Diamond Drill Rig to Norbotten Copper-Gold Project to Test Anomaly

Blackstone Ventures Inc. announces that a diamond drill rig has now been mobilized to its 100% owned Norbotten Iron Oxide-Copper-Gold (IOCG) project in northern Sweden and will begin drilling immediately. The drill will begin testing the Induced Polarization (IP) chargeability anomaly that was recently outlined in the vicinity of the Vesa copper gold showing and reported in a press release dated July... 

Horsehead Corporation Announces Plans to Increase Zinc Production

July 17, 2009 Filed Under: Zinc Mining  
Horsehead Corporation Announces Plans to Increase Zinc Production

Zinc producer Horsehead Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Horsehead Holding Corp., today announced that it will boost operations at its zinc smelter in Monaca, PA, by re-starting a fifth zinc smelting furnace. Horsehead previously reduced its operations from six furnaces to four in response to the recent economic downturn. “A recent uptick in orders at a time when our own inventories... 

Freeport Advances towards Feasibility at Hutton Garnet Beaches

June 15, 2009 Filed Under: Precious Metal, Vanadium Mining  
Freeport Advances towards Feasibility at Hutton Garnet Beaches

Freeport Resources Inc., a junior mineral exploration company listed on the TSX Venture Exchange is advancing towards the feasibility study stage at its high grade Hutton Garnet Beaches project in Labrador, Canada. Permitting is in process for the 2009 bulk sample, and several governmental meetings were held in Newfoundland and Labrador last month to explain the proposal. The work is needed to confirm... 

Homeland Energy Group Provides Operations Update for Kendal Colliery & Exploration Projects in South Africa

May 28, 2009 Filed Under: Coal Mining, Mining Investment  
Homeland Energy Group Provides Operations Update for Kendal Colliery & Exploration Projects in South Africa

Homeland Energy Group Ltd. provide an update on the status of its Kendal Colliery following a planned shut-down for plant improvements and on its key exploration projects in South Africa. “While the first year of any operation is filled with a certain amount of excitement, it is also the year in which the operations team makes adjustments and improvements to ensure the operations run according... 

El Paso Corporation, RWE Dea AG Enter Into Joint Exploration in Egypt

February 10, 2009 Filed Under: Oil and Gas  
El Paso Corporation, RWE Dea AG Enter Into Joint Exploration in Egypt

El Paso Corporation announced that its Egyptian subsidiary, El Paso Egypt Exploration & Production Company, and RWE Dea AG (RWE Dea) have executed an agreement to exchange interests in adjoining onshore concessions in Egypt. The assignments have been approved by Egyptian authorities. Prior to the exchange, El Paso held a 100 percent interest in the South Mariut Block in the Western Desert area...