Human geology 101
A smouldering controversy over the resettlement of villagers in South Africa to make way for the expansion of an Anglo Platinum (AMS-J, AGPPF-O) mine underscores the importance of getting relocation e…
Gold Fields Limited
Aeroquest signs Arctic deal with GX Technology
Aeroquest, a subsidiary of Aeroquest International (AQL-V, AQSFF-O), has signed a deal with GX Technology as part of Aeroquest’s recently adopted petroleum services initiative.
Hello US$130 oil
The macroeconomic effects of higher oil prices made headlines around the world during the week ended May 24, the 21st trading week of 2008.
Relocations aren’t easy, so get them right the first time around
A smouldering controversy over the resettlement of villagers in South Africa to make way for the expansion of an An…
Gold Fields’ South African miners killed
The past couple of weeks have been tragic ones for Gold Fields (GFI-N) employees after a series of unrelated accidents claimed 13 lives at two of the company’s South African assets.
Gold Reserve feels the sting of rejection
Gold Reserve (GRZ-T, GRZ-X) has lost its status as a “company that could” in Venezuela.
KRY shareholders left in tears
Another week. . . another Third World government grabbing prized mineral assets from North American mining companies.
UPDATE:Gold Reserve feels the sting of rejection
Gold Reserve (GRZ-T, GRZ-X) has lost its status as the company that could in Venezuela. The Spokane, Washington-b…
ValGold’s Los Patos has room to grow
Although the initial resource estimate for ValGold Resources’ (VAL-V, VALGF-O) Los Patos gold deposit in Venezuela is on the small side, the company points out that it is open along strike and at dept…
Never at Wits’ end
South Africa’s Witwatersrand basin never seems to run out of gold; you might even say it’s never at Wits’ end.
Mining execs converge at South Africa’s Indaba
CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA — The keynote session at the recent Mining Indaba conference in Cape Town, South Africa, saw leaders from many of the world’s largest mining houses step to the podium to discu…
South African power crisis shuts down mines (February 04, 2008)
Vancouver — A nationwide energy crunch in South Africa has hit the country’s powerful mining sector hard, with major gold, platinum and diamond producers suspending operations as a precautionary meas…