Research and Markets has announced the addition of the “Mining and Mineral Extraction Machinery in Russia 2008. Development Forecasts for 2008-2011″ report to their offering.
This Mining and mineral extraction machinery in Russia 2008 describes and analyses the Russian market for machinery used in the mining, extraction, processing of and exploration for minerals, metals, coal, oil, [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Chhattisgarh has earned around Rs.7 billion royalty on coal, bauxite and iron ores during the first nine months of the current fiscal 2007-08, officials here said Monday.
The state, which has nearly 18 percent of the country’s total coal deposits and about 20 percent of nation’s iron ore reserves, earned Rs. 8.32 million royalty revenue in [...]

Alcoa Inc. announced that it has reviewed Alcan’s continuity agreement with the Government of Quebec which identifies the requirements that Alcoa must meet regarding Alcan’s future operations in the Province in order to maintain certain of Alcan’s hydroelectric and water rights. In a letter to Alcan’s Board of Directors, Alcoa outlined the many ways in [...]

Guinea, the world’s number one bauxite expor-ter, says it is with-drawing agreements made with a U.S. oil company and a Russian-managed bauxite producer as part of a planned review of minerals contracts.
The withdrawals were announced in a government statement read on state television Sunday.
They referred to a production-sharing contract with American oil company Hyperdynamics and [...]

Martial law in Guinea has forced the world’s biggest bauxite exporter, Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinee (CBG), to halt mining activities and deliveries of ore to the Kamsar port, company officials said on Wednesday.
Guinea, which holds a third of the world’s bauxite reserves, has been gripped by a wave of violent protests against President Lansana [...]

The Chinese company Bosai Minerals Group Co., Ltd is the preferred bidder for the Omai Bauxite Mining Company Limited (OBMI) at Linden, according to sources.
Bosai, a privately-owned Group has interests covering industrial minerals manufacturing and international trading. Its main products are metal-grade Alumina, Brown Fused Alumina, Calcined Bauxite, Coke and Ferro-Alloys, according to its website.
At [...]

The Chinese company Bosai Minerals Group Co., Ltd is the preferred bidder for the Omai Bauxite Mining Company Limited (OBMI) at Linden, according to sources.
Bosai, a privately-owned Group has interests covering industrial minerals manufacturing and international trading. Its main products are metal-grade Alumina, Brown Fused Alumina, Calcined Bauxite, Coke and Ferro-Alloys, according to its website.
At [...]

Magnus International Resources, Inc. announced today that it has entered into a letter of intent to acquire African Mineral Fields, a company which holds an exclusive option to acquire 100% interests in four gold projects in Uganda. The acquisition comes as part of Magnus’ decision to expand its mineral portfolio into Africa, which holds 55% [...]