Oroya Mining announced its farm in and JV partner in the Roe Hills Nickel Project, Vale Inco, a wholly owned subsidiary of Vale, has advised that approx 1,300m of diamond drilling is scheduled to commence on 10 July 2008. The Company reported ground EM (MLEM) has commenced at Roe 1 and north of Talc Lake [...]

Petrosearch Energy Corporation announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Barnett Petrosearch L.L.C., has agreed to sell its 5.54455% limited partnership interest in DDJET Limited LLP (“DDJET”) to Cinco County Barnett Shale LLC (“Cinco”), one of the other two partners in DDJET, for a cash purchase price of $36,000,000. Cinco paid to Barnett Petrosearch $1,800,000 as [...]

ArcelorMittal today announces that it has increased its stake in Macarthur Coal Limited (ASX: MCC - News) from 14.9% to 19.9%, following the acquisition of a further 5 % stake (10,607,830 shares) from Talbot Group Holdings.
The shares were purchased at $ AUD 20, bringing ArcelorMittal’s total investment in Macarthur Coal to $ AUD 843 million. [...]

Pan African Mining Corp. announce the closing today of the Plan of Arrangement and related transactions contemplated by the Arrangement Agreement dated May 9, 2008, as amended June 17, 2008, among Asia Thai Mining Co., Ltd., 0819615 B.C. Ltd., the Company and African Queen Mines Ltd., a newly formed subsidiary of the Company. A Final [...]

Aztec Oil & Gas, Inc. previously announced that the Company had completed the drilling of two new wells for its Aztec 2007A Limited Partnership. The wells, Williams #1 and #2, were drilled in Tyler County, West Virginia to a depth of approximately 5,000 feet each. Logs on both wells indicated substantial reserves. Today, Aztec is [...]

Canadian Solar Inc. shares hit a new high after the maker of photovoltaic cells and modules lifted its 2008 revenue forecast, citing strong sales to German customers.
Canadian Solar rose as high as $49.24 before moving back to $47.59, up $5.13 or 12.1 percent, in afternoon trading.
The company, which also announced increased capital spending plans, expects [...]

International Kirkland Minerals Inc. (”IKI” / the “Company”) (CDNX:IKI.V) announces that the Company has expanded its Cosby Property holdings by adding 4 new claims in consideration for the payment of $15,000 and 50,000 shares of IKI. The Cosby property agreement has been amended to incorporate these new claims which carry a 2% Net Smelter Return, [...]

Bancroft Uranium Inc. today wishes to advise the public as to the Company’s strong ongoing commitment to environmental principals, the health of its workers, the community and to the overall protection of the environment.
Bancroft believes that the production of emissions-free electricity via nuclear power generation is the only form of energy for the future that [...]

Investors on Friday rewarded Joy Global Inc., which makes mining equipment, for a fiscal second-quarter profit that easily topped Wall Street expectations. The stock peaked at a new year high.
Net income for the three months ended May 2 fell to $72.1 million, or 66 cents per share, from $77.6 million, or 70 cents per share, [...]

BOLERO RESOURCES CORP. announces today that the camp is now set up on Arcadia and drilling is about to commence. Bolero has the right to earn 50% of the Arcadia Property from Alix Resources Corp (AIX-TSX:V) (37N-FRANKFURT).
The Arcadia property represents an Archean lode-gold deposit located on the Arctic Ocean in Canada’s Nunavut territory, west [...]