Asia

Oyu Tolgoi to produce 3M oz. silver a year

With silver prices cruising to new heights, investor interest in the sizable Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold project in Mongolia has “prompted” Ivanhoe Mines (IVN-T, IVN-N, IVN-Q) to “more widely circulate the projections for silver production that have…


A drill crew changing a rod at Xstrata's Tampakan copper-gold project on the southern Philippines island of Mindanao. Photo by Xstrata

Charting the shoals in the Philippines

Eleven of the 81 provinces in the Philippines have either imposed moratoriums on open-pit mining projects or on the mining of specific minerals, and a twelfth is set to soon join the list, according to Allan & Associates, a security risk…



Happier days at Mediterranean Resources' Corak property in northeastern Turkey in 2007, from left: Peter Guest, then president and CEO; Ibrahim Guney, then and current general manager of Mediterranean's Turkish subsidiary Akdeniz Resources Madencilik; and Jag Sandhu, then vice-president of corporate development. Photo by Photo by John Cumming

Mediterranean shareholders force management shake-up

Dissident shareholders of Turkey-focused gold explorer Mediterranean Resources (MNR-T) appear to have forced the resignation of the company’s president and CEO, Peter Guest, aged 73. Newly appointed director Christopher Ecclestone of New York…


Navigating the shoals in the Philippines

Eleven of the 81 provinces in the Philippines have either imposed moratoriums on open-pit mining projects or on the mining of specific minerals, and a twelfth is set to soon join the list, according to Allan & Associates, a security risk…





Editorial: Japanese quake rocks the world

On March 11, in a defining day of the new decade, residents of Japan’s northeast coastal region were hit by a deadly triple whammy of a 9.0-magnitude earthquake, a resulting tsunami with waves reaching 10 metres in height, and a growing threat…


Tata Steel wants New Millennium’s iron ore

Tata Steel of India has joined the ranks of foreign steelmakers that are trying to nail down long-term iron ore supply in Canada. The South Asian steel giant has signed a binding heads of agreement with New Millennium Capital Corp. (NML-V) to…



Trouble in a mineralogical paradise

In late December 2010 a spokesman for the National Democratic Front (NDF), a confederation that encompasses many of the Philippines’ leftist groups – including the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and its New People’s Army (NPA)…


By continuing to browse you agree to our use of cookies. To learn more, click more information

Dear user, please be aware that we use cookies to help users navigate our website content and to help us understand how we can improve the user experience. If you have ideas for how we can improve our services, we’d love to hear from you. Click here to email us. By continuing to browse you agree to our use of cookies. Please see our Privacy & Cookie Usage Policy to learn more.

Close