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Franklin Expands Scope of Assay Analysis at Escala

Franklin Mining, Inc. Vice President of Operations for International Mining, Howard Dunn, P.E., has advised the Franklin Board of Directors that based on the excellent results of the Escala Mine’s tier II sampling results, additional samples to extend the potential mineralized area and confirm earlier tests have been prepared and submitted for precious metal evaluation. [...]

Rio Tinto Announces the Filing of a Registration Statement by Cloud Peak Energy Inc. for a Proposed Initial Public Offering

Rio Tinto announced today that its wholly owned subsidiary, Cloud Peak Energy Inc., has filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in connection with Cloud Peak Energy’s proposed initial public offering (IPO) of its common stock. Cloud Peak Energy, comprised of most of the North American [...]

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Malaysia Will Ensure Adequate Palm Oil Supplies for Food Use

Malaysia will ensure adequate supply of palm oil for use in cooking, the country’s Minister for Plantation Industries and Commodities Peter Chin Fah Kui said.
The Southeast Asian country, the world’s largest producer of the vegetable oil, will make sure that the commodity’s supply for blending in biofuels won’t be at the expense of its availability [...]

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Darnley Bay Resources Limited: Toronto-Progress on Diamond Exploration

Darnley Bay Resources Limited announce that Diadem Resources Ltd. has provided the Company with the report from the April 2008 ground magnetic surveys undertaken over several kimberlite pipe targets on the Parry Peninsula, as part of its earn-in obligations towards the 50/50 diamond exploration joint venture initiated in 2003. The ground surveys confirm that several [...]

Sherwood Copper Reports Phase 3 Mill Throughput Increase to 3,200 tpd Approved by Regulators

Sherwood Copper Corporation announced that the Government of Yukon, Department of Energy, Mines and Resources, has approved an amendment to its Quartz Mining License that permits an increase in the approved mining rate and mill throughput for its high grade Minto copper-gold mine located in the Yukon. This approval follows a designated office assessment under [...]

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Romarco Expands Drilling at Haile

ROMARCO MINERALS INC. announce that it has received approval for an additional 60,000 feet (18,288 meters) of drilling at the Haile Gold Mine. This represents approximately 65 additional holes at a 700 feet (213 meters) average depth. In this expanded drill program, the Company will be conducting in-fill drilling, step out drilling and deep drilling [...]

Cong seeks CBI inquiry into mining bribery issue

The Congress in Karnataka today continued its pressure on the Kumaraswamy led Coalition government on the mining bribery issue and sought Governor T N Chaturvedi to use his discretionary powers to refer the Rs.150 crore bribery allegation to the CBI and to recommend for the dismissal of the Government.
Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative [...]

Osage Drills Exploration Well on 165 Square Mile Colombian Prospect

Osage Exploration and Development, Inc, announce that Saturday, December 6 drilling has begun on its first exploratory well on the Rosablanca concession in Colombia. Osage is joined in the Rosablanca concession by Gold Oil plc, Lewis Energy Colombia and EMPESA, SA.
“This well is the culmination of a project that was begun almost exactly two years [...]

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Timken Process Helps Customer Cut Cost and Reduce Waste

The Timken Company is helping Oracle Packaging Co. reduce repair costs by providing a service that enables the damage-free removal and reuse of caster roll shells.
Oracle uses caster rolls and shells at its light-gauge converter foil production facility in Winston-Salem, N.C. Unexpected failures in a caster core, which houses the chilled water passages that keep [...]

Western Goldfields Orders Mining Fleet to Proceed With Mesquite Mine Production

Western Goldfields, Inc. announced the Board of Directors has approved capital expenditures for the mining fleet totaling $67.0 million and has issued purchase orders totaling $60.9 million. All currency amounts are in U.S. dollars.
The initial mining fleet includes 11 Terex 190-ton haul trucks, two O&K RH340 shovels, a Letourneau 1350 loader, and Caterpillar ancillary equipment. [...]

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