China plays preferred banker to miners at the dawn of the Asian Century
If anyone still doubts that the seismic shift of financial power from West to East is fully underway they need…
Australia, NZ & South Pacific
First Quantum Picks Up Ravensthorpe From BHP
BHP Billiton (BHP-N, BLT-L) suspended operations at its Ravensthorpe nickel project in Western Australia in January after nickel prices plunged in late 2008 and it encountered a series of operating an…
SouthGobi Sells Indonesian Coal Property
SouthGobi Energy Resources (SGQ-T) is selling its stake in the Mamahak coal project in Indonesia to focus on developing its coal assets in Mongolia, the company says. The news sent SouthGobi’s shares …
Philex Posts Maiden Resource On Bayugo
The Bayugo copper-gold prospect in northwestern Mindanao Island in the Philippines has its first resource estimate, Philex Gold (PGI-V) reports.
Investors Take Note Of East Asia’s Miwah
VANCOUVER — A steady stream of well-mineralized gold intercepts and promising sampling results propelled East Asia Minerals’ (EAS-V) share price up as much as 70% in the first two weeks of December.
Crocodile Takes A Bite Of Tom’s Gully
Initial results are in from Crocodile Gold’s (CRK-T) Tom’s Gully drill program, and on the news, the market signalled its faith in the company’s plan to breathe new life into the past-producer.
First Quantum picks up Ravensthorpe from BHP
BHP Billiton (BHP-N) suspended operations at its Ravensthorpe nickel project in Western Australia in January a…
Newmont Moves Boddington Into Commercial Production
News that Newmont Mining’s (NMC-T, NEM-N) Boddington operation in Western Australia has achieved commercial production and that it is making headway in Indonesia, helped push the gold major’s shares t…
Editorial: ‘Climategate’ puts warm-mongers on the defensive
The edifice of manmade global-warming alarmism continues to crumble in the wake of “Climategate,” which stem…
Crocodile takes a bite out of Tom’s Gully
Initial results from Crocodile Gold’s (CRK-T) Tom’s Gully drill program are in, and the market liked what it saw.
Newmont moves Boddington into commercial production
At US$52.38 per share, Newmont Mining (NEM-N) is trading within US$1.50 of its 52-week peak of US$53.81, on ne…
Ivanhoe Australia Posts Merlin Resource
In the early 1900s high-grade, surface-enriched copper was mined from Mount Dore in northwestern Queensland, but production to 1961 reached just 5.9 tonnes of copper.Fast-forward nearly 50 years and in December 2008, Ivanhoe Australia (IVA-A)…