Editorial: More confusion for miners in Venezuela
The psychodrama that is Venezuela welled up again onto the world stage during the week ended June 28, the last trading week of the first half of 2008.
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Uranium a ‘bread and milk’ commodity: Haywood Securities
Rising energy prices and environmental concerns over hydrocarbon-based energy production in the form of coal, oil and gas are laying the groundwork for a “nuclear renaissance,” Haywood Securities writ…
Potash and uranium are key themes in RBC conference
The RBC Global Mining and Materials Conference was hosted by RBC Capital Markets on June 10-11 in Toronto. The conf…
African Aura finds the glow in Cameroon
Visible gold at its Batouri project in Cameroon is making African Aura Resources (AAZ-V) the markets latest darling…
Iamgold extends Mupane mine life
Iamgold’s (IMG-T, IAG-N) Mupane gold mine in Botswana will get a few extra months of production as result of the co…
Etruscan’s Mali project yields positive grades at lower depths
Partial drill results from Etruscan Resources’ (EET-T) Tabakoroni zone at its Finkolo permit in Mali have uncovered…
Mmamabula power plant hits major hiccup for CIC Energy (June 27, 2008)
Vancouver – Plans to develop a new coal mine and coal-fired power station in Botswana to add much-needed capacity t…
Red Back braces for power cost rise in Ghana
Vancouver-based gold miner Red Back Mining (RBI-T) is warning investors that it may be walloped by a doubling in po…
Angola reveals more of itself to Metalex
Metalex Ventures’ (MTX-V) faith in Angola continues to yield positive exploration results. While the sub-Saharan …
Oil money now flowing to mining
The government of Ras Al Khaimah, a part of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), has set up what may become the first Mi…
Axmin extends Komahun deposit
Axmin Resources (AXM-V) has confirmed that mineralization extends to at least 340 metres depth on the Komahun prosp…
How problematic are artisanals for Gold Fields?
Gold Fields (GFIJ-J) says a report by Reuters claiming it had to put the brakes on underground mining plans after a…