Silvercorp hatches US$50M plan
Silvercorp Metals (SVM-T, SVMFF-O) has big expansion plans for its Ying silver-lead-zinc mining camp in Henan province, China, that would see the company mine 700,000 tonnes of ore per year by 2010.
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Japan teams with Aussie junior in Cambodia (March 28, 2008)
A Japanese government-run company has agreed to spend US$4.5 million over three years on two of Southern Gold’s (SA…
Sparton reports uranium recoveries from coal ash in China
Tests of simple acid extraction solutions on coal ash samples in China have shown that between 70% and 80% of the…
Minco Gold releases resource for Changkeng
Drive for half an hour southwest of Guangzhou — China’s fourth-largest city of 13 million people, across the border from Hong Kong — and you’ll come across the Changkeng gold project, where Minco Go…
Gold tops US$1,000 per oz.
The week ended March 15, the eleventh trading week of 2008, was capped by a powerful rally in gold prices stemming from the political and market tumult rippling out from world’s financial centre in Lo…
Chinese group to buy slice of N. A. Tungsten
VANCOUVER — A major mining company from the Far East is taking a bite of the Western World’s largest tungsten producer, North American Tungsten (NTC-V, NATUF-O), in a financing and strategic alliance…
Silvercorp’s US$50M plan
Silvercorp (SVM-T) has big expansion plans for its Ying silver-lead-zinc mining camp in Henan province, China, that…
Credit Suisse ups its thermal coal price forecasts
Credit Suisse has revised its thermal coal price forecast for the fifth time since 2006.In a March 4 research r…
Minco Gold releases initial estimate for property in southern China
Drive for half an hour southwest of Guangzhou — China’s fourth largest city of 13 million people across the border…
More Mongolian copper for Ivanhoe
The mineralized structure most noted for its swelling at Oyu Tolgoi, continues be uncovered in southern Mongolia. …
Eldorado boosts resources as Kisladag set to reopen
VANCOUVER — With gold reserves up and the court-ordered closure of its Kisladag mine over for now, Eldorado Gold (ELD-T, EGO-X) looks to be back on track.
Shared goals, different paths
BEIJING, CHINA–As Chinese mining firms step up their acquisitions of resource assets overseas, foreign mining companies are continuing to look at China for opportunities. But it is a still a country …