World Gold Council (WGC), the organisation formed and funded by the world’s leading gold producers, has today announced that it has partnered with a leading Russian jewellery manufacturer, Choron, to bring the Gold Expressions jewellery collection to Russia for the very first time. Choron will present Gold Expressions at the New Russian Style Fair 2008 [...]
Nevada Copper Corp. announces the resignation of Mr. Damien Reynolds as director of Nevada Copper. Mr. Reynolds’ experience and valued contributions were very helpful in the early stages of Nevada Copper’s development. Mr. Reynolds is reducing his directorships in order to pursue his other business interests.
Giulio Bonifacio, President and CEO, would like to thank Mr. [...]
A third diamond from the Baghain river basin near Kalinjar in Banda district has paved the way for mining of the precious mineral in Uttar Pradesh. The Department of Minerals and Mining had launched a survey of the river basin a few years back.
The first diamond was found in 2005 and the second in 2007. [...]
Worldwide industrial services company Harsco Corporation announced it has successfully completed a bond offering of 5.75%, 10-year senior notes totaling $450 million. The notes were rated A3 by Moody’s and A- by both Standard & Poor’s and Fitch. The managing underwriters of the offering were J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., and Greenwich [...]
It’s taken almost four years and $3 billion, but Australia’s wealthiest individual Andrew “Twiggy” Forrest is about to turn his iron ore dream into reality.
The first commercial export shipment of his Fortescue Metals Group Ltd is due to commence loading on Thursday at Port Hedland in Western Australia’s remote Pilbara region.
The iron ore is from [...]
Bancroft Uranium Inc. wishes to announce that the Company will be increasing the size of its claim holdings in proximity to the Monmouth Uranium Project, located near Bancroft, Ontario.
Bancroft has recently implemented a land acquisition program comprised of claim staking all prospective ground that ties onto and is in proximity to the Monmouth Uranium [...]
Brown coal, a low grade of coal, has been ignored in China because it’s not easily exploited.
But, Victoria state in southwestern Australia, has been seeking brown coal opportunities with China and solving environmental problems by its mining and utilization.
“It’s actually quite significant for China to exploit brown coal because its energy needs have grown, and [...]
A Federal Appeals Court today vacated a lower court’s decisions that invalidated mining permits in the Lake Belt area of Northwest Miami-Dade County and shut down limestone mining operations in approximately one-third of that area. The appellate court concluded that the lower court rulings of March 22, 2006 and July 13, 2007 were wrongly decided [...]
Some 20,000 tons of coking coal have been produced at the Elegesta Coal Field, in the Republic of Tuva, during a month of the technological development of coal seams. The Elegesta Coal Field is one of the world’s larges deposits of coking coal. The technological development of coal seams created conditions for the installation of [...]
Montezuma Mining announced that it has successfully negotiated an agreement with Dolphin Resources to acquire their 10% interest of the Mt Padbury licence E52/1529. In consideration for Dolphin’s remaining interest, Montezuma will issue to Dolphin 400,000 fully paid shares and 100,000 options exercisable at $0.20. The licence is highly prospective for gold, manganese and iron [...]
