News Archive

May 2007
22 May 2007
USA boosts uranium and non-fuel minerals output
Recent data released by the Energy Information Administration (EIA) document a substantial increase in uranium...
22 May 2007
Australia losing ground as global gold major
Australia's gold sector has been warned that companies with good projects here or overseas will...
22 May 2007
New rare earths price increases increases initiated by supply limitations
Rare Earths prices increased 12% over the Chinese May day holiday, according to Lynas Corp and...
22 May 2007
Diamonds getting scarcer and more expensive
RBC Capital Markets, the corporate and investment banking arm of Royal Bank of Canada,...
18 May 2007
All well on the Nautilus sea floor
Work is proceeding to plan on the world's largest commercial exploration programme for high...
18 May 2007
Rio Tinto and BP join forces for clean energy
BP and Rio Tinto have formed a new jointly-owned company, Hydrogen Energy, which will develop...
18 May 2007
Uranium strength to continue
The strong global demand for uranium as a power plant fuel is set to continue,...
18 May 2007
Keeping environmental concern rational
Solid Energy has just published its 2006 Environmental Report, highlighting that, for the first time...
17 May 2007
Major Drilling at Grasberg
On May 4, Major Drilling announced that P.T. Pontil Indonesia, a wholly owned subsidiary,...
16 May 2007
Wind power generation project at Panasqueira
Primary Metals has engaged Enernova - Novas Energias, a subsidiary of Electricidad de Portugal...
14 May 2007
Mine improvements at Panasqueira
Primary Metals has completed planned mine improvements at its Panasqueira tungsten mine in Portugal....
14 May 2007
Bauma boomed
The Bauma exhibition in Munich in late April went down well with exhibitors...