Indonesia sends troops to safeguard Freeport operations
The murders in July of an Australian employee, a local security guard and a policeman and a spate of shootings…
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Medusa ramps up low-cost Co-O mine in Philippines
While Medusa Mining (MML-A, MML-L) is focused solely on Mindanao in the southern Philippines, its Co-O mine …
Monument ready to commission Selinsing gold mine
Vancouver – Monument Mining (MMY-V) is oh-so-close to producing gold in Malaysia, having permitted, designed, …
Repealed tax bodes well for Ivanhoe
Vancouver – Just over three years ago when the Mongolian government slammed producers and explorers operating …
Eldorado to buy Sino Gold for $2 billion
Eldorado Gold (ELD-T, EGO-N) has offered $2 billion in shares for China-focused Sino Gold (SGX-A) in a friendl…
Russian and Mongolian uranium deal leaves Khan in limbo
A visit from Russian President Dmitri Medvedev has sealed a deal between Russia and Mongolia on uranium mining…
East Asia keeps rising on Miwah results
Vancouver – Consistent, high-grade channel sample and drilling results from the Miwah gold project in Indone…
Anatolia gets resource at Karakartal
Vancouver – Anatolia Minerals (ANO-T, ALIAF-O) calculated its first resource estimate for the Karakartal coppe…
Erdene updates estimate for moly project in Mongolia
A new resource estimate for Erdene Resource Development’s (ERD-T) Zuun Mod molybdenum project in southwestern …
Silvercorp boosts production
While China-focused miner Silvercorp Metals (SVM-T) saw record production in its first quarter ended June…
SouthGobi Doubles Coal Sales In Mongolia
SouthGobi Energy Resources (SGQ-V, SGQRF-O) more than doubled coal sales at its Ovoot Tolgoi mine in June and has moved it to round-the-clock production, seven days a week, starting from July 1.
Mongolian Uranium Hard To Access
The Mongolian government has extended the suspension of uranium licences for Khan Resources (KRI-T) and Western Prospector Group (WNP-V).