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- Rival trumps Xstrata bid for Indophil 20 Aug 2008 17:30 GMT
... 20 2008 18:01 , the Australian copper miner, were frustrated again on Wednesday when a rival ... effort to gain control of the Tampakan copper-gold project in the Philippines, in which Xstrata ... attack by Communist rebels. Xstrata has said mining at Tampakan is now likely to start ...
- Mining: ArcelorMittal buys Brazilian iron ore business for $810m 20 Aug 2008 17:29 GMT
... $810m (£435m) today for the Brazilian iron ore business of London Mining. The group created by Lakshmi Mittal is ... to raise output at London Mining's Brazilian mines to more than 10m tonnes a year from ...
- Chantal Petitclerc receives send-off to Beijing from Rio Tinto Alcan employees 20 Aug 2008 16:51 GMT
... 16 Paralympic medals - nine of them gold - and one more spot on the ... 17. Rio Tinto is a leading international mining group headquartered in the UK, combining Rio ... Tinto's business is finding, mining, and processing mineral resources. Major products are aluminium, copper, diamonds, ...
- Zambian VP takes charge 20 Aug 2008 16:31 GMT
... the dollar. Mwanawasa had led Africa's biggest copper producer since 2001, winning re-election in 2006. ... no policy change under new leadership. Foreign mining companies will be watching closely to see ... Frederick Bantubonse, head of the Chamber of Mines of Zambia, which champions interests of foreign ...
- BHP Eyes Congo Smelter, Corridor Sands 20 Aug 2008 16:15 GMT
... Republic of Congo and the Corridor Sands mineral sands project in Mozambique. ) -- Yesterday, ... of Billiton when Billiton bought Australia’s Western Mining Corporation. Initial estimates showed it could be ... in coal where it has sold some mines and part of its Richards Bay export ...
- Levy Mwanawasa, 69; president of Zambia 20 Aug 2008 15:52 GMT
... into Africa, as well as hundreds of millions of dollars China has invested in mining Zambian copper. "You people in the West redeem yourself before you begin attacking China," Mwanawasa told an audience in the United States last year. ...
- Booysendal to lift Northam into platinum big league 20 Aug 2008 15:32 GMT
... more than double production of the precious metal by partly acquiring the vast Booysendal platinum ... Plc (LMI.L: Northam, which owns one deep mine and produced 324,296 ounces of platinum group ... be held in trust pending new order mining rights for the project. Northam acquired Booysendal ...
- Workers to boycott Anglogold's Mponeng Thurs over death 20 Aug 2008 15:32 GMT
... AngloGold Ashanti faces a stay-away on Thursday at ... on Thursday at its South African Mponeng mine after workers said on Wednesday that they ... union has vowed to hold memorials at mines every time a worker dies in an incident. ...
- Platinum to fall short 20 Aug 2008 15:31 GMT
... NEW production of platinum group metals will fall substantially short of recent calls, mining industry veteran Brian Gilbertson forecast yesterday. Mr ... properties in South Africa. South Africa produces more than three-quarters of the world's supply of ...
- Pallinghurst to do for coloured gemstones what De Beers did for diamonds 20 Aug 2008 15:28 GMT
... than the loved diamond sector. The leading mining personality said at the company's inward listing ... owns a majority stake in an emerald mine in Zambia, Kagem, the largest emerald mine ... management contract with Gemfields, an experienced emerald miner on the same emerald belt, to manage the ...
- UBR Initial Drilling and Spectral Gamma Logging Results of Uskawanis Uranium Project Confirm That the Uranium Mineralization is Widespread and Could Contain Large Tonnage of Radiometric Material 20 Aug 2008 14:56 GMT
... the programme, discovering significant intersections of uranium mineralization at potential economic grades (greater than 100 ... Toll-free 1-888-666-3431 INDUSTRY: Manufacturing and Production - Mining and Metals SUBJECT: MEX ...
- Tributes still pouring in for Mwanawasa; cabinet discusses funeral 20 Aug 2008 14:27 GMT
... countries. Chinese firms have invested heavily in copper mining in Zambia, Africa's largest copper producer. The ... and sad time for our country, I therefore ask all of you to join the ...
- The life of Brian 20 Aug 2008 14:17 GMT
... churlishness here, of course. Gilbertson is virtually mining royalty, a group in which you'd have ... mission failed, but Gilbertson was next reversing gold assets out of Gengold and GFSA - ... and erroneously I think – operates SA mines from London. But certainly Pallinghurst is a quite ...
- Workers to 'stay away' from Anglogold's Mponeng 20 Aug 2008 13:50 GMT
... HOME > HOMEPAGE > FAST NEWS Workers to “stay ... Anglogold's Mponeng Workers at AngloGold Ashanti’s Mponeng mine in South Africa are saying they will ... union has vowed to hold memorials at mines every time a worker dies in an incident. ...
- Etruscan's Youga Mine projected to be cash positive in August 20 Aug 2008 13:31 GMT
... Etruscan's Youga Mine projected to be cash positive in August ... poured ounces will reach target in August." Mining is continuing from two pits: A2 Main ... production, strategic plans, market price of precious metals or other statements that are not statements ...
- Namibia: Toscanini Mine Linked to US Pyramid Scheme 20 Aug 2008 13:27 GMT
... bombshellL has burst over the Toscanini diamond mine on Namibia's Skeleton Coast after two of ... invested some of this money in diamond mines in South Africa and Namibia, seemingly in the ... Van der Merwe insisted that their diamond mining operations in South Africa and Namibia would ...
- Pallinghurst eyes iron ore, coal investments  20 Aug 2008 13:19 GMT
... Lonmin, which put the smaller, capital-hungry, junior miners sector in play. Gilbertson, a former BHP ... about SA’s power crisis, which had seen mines in the country operate at lower than ... a near-collapse of the system shut down mining for five days. “We have followed with ...
- Gold advances to near-week high as oil firms 20 Aug 2008 13:19 GMT
... SINGAPORE — Gold rose to its highest in almost a ... around $773 an ounce. But the yellow metal was still well below a lifetime high of ... shortage in main producer South Africa disrupted mining and triggered supply worries. It rallied as ...
- Govt, Private Sector Increase Research Support at Universities 20 Aug 2008 13:07 GMT
... had a small tertiary-education facility that grew substantially after 1880, when the discovery of gold and diamonds in the north - and the resulting demand for skills in mining - gave it the financial boost it needed to grow. ...
- Toscanini Mine Linked to US Pyramid Scheme 20 Aug 2008 12:31 GMT
... bombshellL has burst over the Toscanini diamond mine on Namibia's Skeleton Coast after two of ... invested some of this money in diamond mines in South Africa and Namibia, seemingly in the ... Van der Merwe insisted that their diamond mining operations in South Africa and Namibia would ...
- Pan African Looks at New Prospects 20 Aug 2008 12:31 GMT
... from the merger of Metorex's Barberton gold mines with AIM-listed explorer Pan African, spent about R87m ... areas to extend the life of the mine. Money had also been spent on the ... or 99100oz, in the past year. Underground mining slowed to make way for increased face ...
- Uranium One: Q2 results & CEO appointment. Jean Nortier ' CEO, Uranium One 20 Aug 2008 12:24 GMT
... Uranium One: Q2 results & CEO appointment. Jean ... Lake is one of the largest uranium mines that is supposed to come into production ... financial officer. In times gone by the miners used to run these companies. I guess ...
- BHP Has Eye on Congo Smelter, Corridor Sands 20 Aug 2008 12:22 GMT
... Republic of Congo and the Corridor Sands mineral sands project in Mozambique, CEO Marius Kloppers ... of Billiton when Billiton bought Australia's Western Mining Corporation. Initial estimates showed it could be ... in coal where it has sold some mines and part of its Richards Bay export ...
- 'We can't buy another planet' 20 Aug 2008 11:56 GMT
... survey identified the area stretching from the mining town of Emalahleni (formerly Witbank) to Secunda ... includes power stations, timber and related industries, metal smelters, petrochemical plants, brick and stone works, mines, fertiliser and chemical producers, explosives producers and ...
- Mourning workers to boycott Anglogold's Mponeng Thurs 20 Aug 2008 11:51 GMT
... JOHANNESBURG, Aug 20 (Reuters) - AngloGold Ashanti (ANGJ.J: ... on Thursday at its South African Mponeng mine after workers said on Wednesday that they ... union has vowed to hold memorials at mines every time a worker dies in an incident. ...
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