Mexican gov’t snaps up half of country’s mineral concessions
Vancouver – The Mexican government has staked over 320 million hectares of mineral concessions to prevent oil and g…
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New Horizons: Germany Phasing Out Black Coal Mining
The energy source that powered Germany’s industrial revolution in the 19th century will be largely phased out starting in 2009. The government approved a plan on Aug. 8 that will bury the country’s un…
CIC Energy lands Sumitomo as Mmamabula project partner
Vancouver – CIC Energy (ELC-T) and International Power (IPR-N, IPR-L) have inked a deal to bring Japanese multi-nat…
Editorial: Rotten week for miners
Bad news converged on the mining community from every direction during the week ended Aug. 18, the 33rd trading week of 2007.
Water Issues of Rising Concern for Mining in Australia
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Germany approves phase-out of coal mining starting 2009
The energy source that powered Germanys industrial revolution in the 19th century will be phased out starting in 2…
Coal power waste is Sparton’s uranium treasure
Sparton Resources (SRI-V) and WildHorse Energy (WHE-A) have signed a deal with a Hungarian electricity producer to …
Western Canadian Coal posts $13-million loss for 2007
Vancouver – A year ago Western Canadian Coal (WTN-T, WTN-L) was starting up its new Wolverine coal mine in northeas…
Baruun Naran gets resource boost
Vancouver — More than doubling the previous tonnage estimate, QGX (QGX-T, QGXLF-O) has released a revised resource calculation for its Baruun Naran coal deposit in the Gobi region of southern Mongoli…
Market likes Gulfside’s coal deal
Vancouver — Investors took a shine to Gulfside Minerals’ (GMG-V, GMGLF-O) plan to acquire the Monster coal project in southwestern Mongolia and boosted the company’s share price by 26% in recent trad…
Market likes Gulfsides Monster coal deal
Vancouver – Investors took a shine to Gulfside Minerals’ (GMG-V, GMGLF-O) plans to acquire the Monster coal project…
QGX boosts Baruun Naran coal resource
Vancouver – More than doubling the previous tonnage estimate, QGX (QGX-T, QGXLF-O) has tabled a revised resource ta…