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QGX's open-pit tungsten-molybdenum mine at Undur Tsagaan, in Mongolia. Although the mine won't move into production until after 2011, it was just awarded a mining lease by the Mongolian government. The licence is good for 30 years and can be renewed twice, for a 20-year period each time.

QGX nails mining licence in Mongolia

Two months after China banned foreign ownership in tungsten and molybdenum mines, Mongolia has given QGX (QGX-T, QGXLF-O) the green light to move forward with an open-pit mine at its tungsten-molybden…


Drilling at Northern Peru Copper's Galeno copper-gold-molybdenum deposit. The company was purchased by Jiangxi Copper and Minmetals in December.

Feeding the dragon

MONTERREY, MEXICO –China may be some 10,000 miles from Latin America, 45 hours of flights and stopovers and days away at sea, but it is making its presence felt in a region long used to U.S. dominanc…





Newmont sees new woes in Indonesia

Less than a year after being acquitted of pollution charges on Sulawesi Island in Indonesia, Newmont Mining (NMC-T, NEM-N) is back in hot water again at another mine in the Southeast Asian nation.







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