EDITORIAL: Oil, metals and Russia’s triumph
Despite political upheaval in the world, the broad decline in oil and mineral prices picked up steam during the week ended Aug. 9, the 32nd trading week of 2008, much to the detriment of resource comp…
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Miners sidestep Olympic hurdles
Inadequate coal supplies for Chinese power plants means industrial customers are facing power rationing in order to ensure enough electricity for the Olympic Games.
Vedanta Resources in US$8.8 billion India expansion
Having received the go-ahead from India’s supreme court, Vedanta Resources (VED-L), an India-focused resource giant…
Pebble Creek Mining tables Askot resource estimate, applies for potash permits in India
Pebble Creek Mining (PEB-V) has released a National Instrument 43-101 resource estimate for its flagship project, t…
“Friedland envy” haunts Diggers & Dealers
Perth, Western Australia — Over the past five years, master entrepreneur Robert Friedland has created a guessing g…
Editorial: Oil, metals and Russia’s triumph
The geopolitical scene is being dominated by the hot war that erupted between Georgia and Russia last week, which h…
SouthGobi Energy’s coal resource soars
Shares of SouthGobi Energy Resources (SGQ-V, SGQRF-O) vaulted $1.90 apiece on news that the company’s total measured and indicated surface resource of coal in southern Mongolia has grown by 73% to 258…
Southern Arc goes deep in Indonesia
VANCOUVER — The deep reach of Southern Arc Minerals’ (SA-V, SOACF-O) drills has paid off with the company’s longest mineralized intercept to date at its 21-sq.-km Selodong prospect on west Lombok Isl…
Delayed startup for Equinox
VANCOUVER–It’s been an up-and-down past few months for Equinox Minerals (EQN-T, EQMIF-O) as it tries to get its Lumwana copper, in Zambia, project into production.
Olympic power rationing hits Silvercorp
Vancouver – Inadequate coal supplies for Chinese power plants means industrial customers are facing power rationing…
Mining companies face Olympic hurdles
Efforts in China to ensure security and decrease air pollution during the Beijing Olympic Games have not gone unnot…
Yankee Hat forms tungsten JV with Japanese group (August 06, 2008)
Restrictions on tungsten exports from China have caused resource-poor Japan to look to the Yukon and Northwest Terr…