Golden Band Resources – La Ronge Gold Project – Surface Lease Agreement signed
Golden Band Resources Inc. announce that the La Ronge Gold Project Surface Lease Agreement 2009 has been signed with the Government of Saskatchewan. The province is represented in the Agreement by the Ministry of First Nations and Métis Relations and by the Ministry of Environment. Golden Band entered into the Agreement via its wholly owned subsidiary, Jolu Development Corporation (JDC). The Surface...
SouthGobi Energy Resources Confirms High Quality Metallurgical Coking Coal at the Mamahak Coal Project in East Kalimantan, Indonesia
Peter Meredith, Chief Executive Officer of SouthGobi Energy Resources Ltd., and Gene Wusaty, Chief Operating Officer, Coal Division, announced today that the company has received independent laboratory analysis of a recent bulk sample that confirms high volatile, high-fluidity metallurgical coking coal at the Mamahak coal project in East Kalimantan, Indonesia. SouthGobi owns 85% of the Mamahak coal...
Industry Research and Investment Analysis Report on China’s: Iron Ore Mining Industry for 2008
Research and Markets has announced the addition of the “China Industry Research and Investment Analysis: Iron Ore Mining Industry, 2008” report to their offering. The unprecedented growth seen in China, India and Russia has created strong demand for iron ore. China itself consumes over 50% of the world’s iron ore production. The shortage of iron ore will continue until 2011. With...
Pebble Creek applies for permits to explore potash on 6,000 square kilometers in Rajasthan, India
Pebble Creek Mining Ltd. is pleased to announce that the state government of Rajasthan, India has accepted the Company’s applications for Reconnaissance Permits in the Nagaur-Ganganagar Basin on July 25, 2008. The state government advises that the applications will be vetted in a timely manner. Potash applications do not require secondary approval by the central Indian government. The basin is...
Homeland Energy Group’s Kendal Mine Produces First Coal
Homeland Energy Group Ltd. is pleased to announce first coal production from its Kendal Mine in the Witbank area of South Africa, approximately 50km east of Johannesburg. To date, approximately 8,000 tonnes of coal has been mined from the first of three open pit areas. Processing of the coal through the Company’s Parnaby wash plant on site should begin this week. Following additional pre-stripping...
Indonesia denies reports of possible coal export quotas
Indonesia has denied that it will set a quota for coal exports as it wants to reserve the coal for future use. The reports had prompted rising interest in the country’s natural resources from energy-hungry China and India. The reports were baseless and the new mining law likely to be passed by Parliament by June would in fact provide more certainty for mining companies, said Simon Sembiring,...
Indonesia plans to limit mining areas
Indonesia plans to limit the area that metal and coal miners can explore to prevent domination by a few companies, a legislator said on Monday, a move analysts said could hurt already poor levels of investment. Indonesia has some of the world’s largest deposits of coal, copper, tin, nickel and gold, and is keen to earn more from the sector, particularly as strong demand from China and India is...
Indian Firm Commits $5 Million to Coal-Powered Energy
India’s Era Engineering Innovations (EII) has committed an investment of US$5 million into coal-powered energy generation in Zambia following the just-ended Conclave on Indo-Africa Project Partnership in New Delhi. Commerce, Trade and Industry Minister, Felix Mutati, who led the Zambian delegation to the meeting signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with EII director, Ajay Mishra over the...
Rio’s Exploration Scorecard
For major mining companies such as Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton, the future life is a combination of their exploration work and enterprise: to find things on their own, to be approached by other companies in deals , or make acquisitions. Rio growth with Alcan bought last year and is now off fighting an attempt by BHP Billiton to do that to himself. Rio says the bid does not evaluate it properly. In its...
Mindoro Resources Ltd.: Update From Agata Nickel Laterite Project
Mindoro Resources Ltd. is pleased to provide an update from the Agata nickel laterite project, where five coring drill rigs are in operation. Both limonite and saprolite horizons of the laterite are substantially thicker than anticipated, not only increasing tonnage potential, but also expanding market potential for the higher-value nickel material in the saprolite horizon. Haul road design and environmental...
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