Australia, NZ & South Pacific

Western Areas to mine underground at Spotted Quoll

After starting nickel production last April at the Tim King open-pit mine, part of Western Areas’ (wsa-t, wsa-a) Spotted Quoll deposit about 400 km east of Perth, the company has decided to mine underground, too. The nickel sulphide explorer…


Commodities enter 2011 on uptick

Despite all the geopolitical and economic jitters around the world, 2010 proved to be a sweet year for commodities investors.


Vista doubles gold reserves at Mt Todd

Vancouver – In barely five months Vista Gold (VGZ-T, VGZ-N) has doubled the gold in reserve at its Australian Mt. Todd project with an updated prefeasibility study.


Paladin Energy to buy Aurora Energy’s uranium assets

The current moratorium on uranium mining in Newfoundland and Labrador isn’t deterring Australia’s Paladin Energy (PDN-T, PDN-A) from buying the uranium assets of Aurora Energy Resources in the Canadian province in an all-share deal worth $260.9…


Western Areas will mine underground at Spotted Quoll

After starting nickel production in April at the Tim King open-pit mine, part of Western Areas’ (WSA-T, WSA-A) Spotted Knoll deposit about 400 km east of Perth, the company  has decided to proceed with an underground mine too.


Editorial: NZ in mourning

Tragedy has descended on the normally idyllic West Coast region of New Zealand’s South Island, where an underground explosion has killed 29 miners at the Pike River coking coal mine, located halfway between Greymouth and Reefton. The first of…


Allied Gold plans growth in Papua New Guinea

Vancouver – Allied Gold (ALG-T, ALD-A) has big plans for its Simberi gold mine in Papua New Guinea: the company has embarked on an expansion of the mine’s oxide processing unit and now a prefeasibility study has shown that the mine could…







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