Minerals and Energy Minister Buyelwa Sonjica says her meeting with Anglo American Chief Executive Officer, Cynthia Carroll, was important given the “misunderstandings and distortions” surrounding the mining charter.
One of the charter’s key objectives is to achieve 26 percent ownership of mining companies by previously disadvantaged people by 2014.
It provides a framework to help mining companies [...]

The National Technology Transfer Center (NTTC) at Wheeling Jesuit University will again coordinate an International Mining Health and Safety Symposium to continue the progress made at last year’s inaugural event. Working closely with the office of West Virginia Governor Joe Manchin III, officials at the NTTC have announced the two-day event is scheduled for April [...]

India’s Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Ashwini Kumar has invited global mining companies to invest in his country, while pointing out that a liberal policy had been formulated to facilitate the flow of overseas capital in the sector.
Addressing the chief executives of some of the largest mining companies of the world at the [...]

The new Democratic-led U.S. Congress is promoting energy policies that focus more on renewable energy than oil and natural gas drilling, but some officials are still determined to open more federal lands to energy exploration.
Speaking at an energy policy forum Tuesday, pro-drilling lawmakers Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., and Rep. John Peterson, R-Pa., said they want [...]

A clean coal project that would be the first of its type in the world might be constructed on the north side of the 49th parallel.
Sask Power of Regina, Saskatchewan, is talking about a $1.5 billion plant north of Estevan in the same province.
“It would not even need a smoke stack,” said project spokesman Larry [...]

Every Tuesday, the din of buzzing and grinding, mixed with conversation and laughter can be heard in the lapidary workshop inside the Hartland Educational Support Service Center. That’s where the Livingston Gem and Mineral Society meets from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
“This club is for anybody who likes rocks,” says long-time member and former [...]

Around 300 people consisting of officers and staff of the Brunei Shell Petroleum (BSP) attended a Financial Planning roadshow organised by Tabung Amanah Pekerja (TAP) at the multipurpose hall of Shell Recreation Club yesterday.
The roadshow was the first to be conducted for private sector workers, and was launched by Awang Yusof bin Hj Abdul Rahman, [...]

Gov. Sarah Palin told lawmakers Wednesday to soon expect legislation outlining the process for a natural gas pipeline.
In her first State of the State address, Palin minced no words about her priorities for this year’s legislative session, which began on Tuesday.
“This gas line, it’s going to fuel our homes, our economy, and careers for Alaskans [...]

The Ghana Chamber of Mines on Wednesday called for an increase in mineral royalties paid to communities from the current nine per cent to 30 per cent to enable traditional authorities initiate more development projects.
The Chamber suggested that the royalties disbursed to the district assemblies should be invested in tangible projects that benefit the entire [...]

Surging global demand for copper has breathed new life into the mining industry in Chingola, a short drive from the Congolese border on top of some of the richest copper deposits in the world.
Zambian miners clad in white helmets and blue jumpsuits are building a $300-million (about R2,1-billion), high-tech copper smelter at Konkola Copper Mines, [...]