Holiday strike at Centerra’s Kumtor
Christmas isn’t coming early for Centerra Gold (CG-T). The Toronto-based company with a penchant for operating in d…
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Gold Fields, Sino now allies
Already holding a significant stake in Australian gold producer Sino Gold (SGX-A), South African mining house Gold Fields (GFI-N, GOF-L, GOGOF-J) has taken a 6.5-million-share placement in exchange fo…
Southwestern sees Boka resource boost
Vancouver – Over two years after its preliminary assessment on the Boka gold project in Yunnan Province, China, Sou…
Guarded optimism for miners in prospective Philippines
Although it’s the fifth most mineralized country in the world, the Philippines’ mining industry is extremely underdeveloped — a result of years of ongoing policy issues, political turmoil and opposit…
Coal train gaining momentum
Vancouver — Canadian coal producers, eyeing forecasts of rising consumption in Asia, are gearing up to take advantage of buoyant prices by expanding their thermal and coking coal operations within th…
UBS ups targets for Ivanhoe and Mongolia mine
Vanouver – Ivanhoe Mines’ (IVN-T, IVN-N) massive Oyu Tolgoi copper project in Mongolia is likely to be much larger …
Oxiana adds Kalimantan projects
Australian copper and gold producer Oxiana (OXFLY-O, OXR-A) has signed an agreement with Vancouver junior Kalimantan Gold (KLG-V, KMGLF-O) to earn an interest in Kalimantan’s KSK copper-gold property …
Editorial: Mining and CSR, Part I
Major mining companies and most juniors have adopted progressive environmental and social policies designed to help them gain their “social licence” to operate, at home or abroad.
Editorial: Mining and CSR, part I
Major mining companies and most juniors have adopted progressive environmental and social policies designed to help…
Guarded optimism in the Philippines
There’s nowhere to go but up when it comes to mining production in the Philippines. In 1980, the mining sector …
New uranium zone at Saddle Hills
Vancouver — A new zone of uranium mineralization has been identified by Western Prospector Group (WNP-V) on its Saddle Hills project in northeastern Mongolia.
UrAsia Secures uranium contracts in hot market
UrAsia Energy (UUU-V, UAEYF-O, UUU-L) recently announced five new agreements for uranium concentrates from its Akdala uranium mine in Kazakhstan — and then saw its share price drop.