News Archive

January 2008
15 Jan 2008
The booming exploration business
With a global exploration expenditure of over $8 billion in 2007 and a budget of...
07 Jan 2008
Base metals physical premiums stabilise, but at levels that indicate further price weakness
Macquarie Research notes that the latest set of premium data for December 2007 indicate that...
07 Jan 2008
Jinchuan moves in to Mexico
Tyler Resources has signed a definitive support agreement with Jinchuan Group, China's largest producer of...
04 Jan 2008
Latest issue of International Mining Project News available (4th January ‘08′)
This edition of International Mining Project News is dominated by companies that have started, or...
04 Jan 2008
Geodex firms takes control of Champlain
Geodex Minerals has cleared the final hurdle in its acquisition of a 53% controlling interest...
04 Jan 2008
Gold price hits new all time record
The gold price reached a new dollar record yesterday of $865.35/oz at the AM fix,...
04 Jan 2008
CONSOL CEO asks government to take a positve role in mine safety
In testimony yesterday before the Utah Mine Safety Commission meeting in Salt Lake City, Utah,...
03 Jan 2008
Midway Gold hits AMEX
Midway Gold Corp is listing on the American Stock Exchange (AMEX) and is tentatively scheduled...
03 Jan 2008
Rabbit Lake bounces back
Cameco's Rabbit Lake uranium operation in Canada has resumed normal mining activities, well ahead of...
02 Jan 2008
NWMA gives out 2007 awards
Llee Chapman, who has long donated his time and experience to the Northwest Mining...
02 Jan 2008
New SGS sample preparation facility in Bamako, Mali
SGS Minerals Services has expanded its geochemistry laboratory network in West Africa with the opening of...
02 Jan 2008
Bactech shareholders approve merger with Scorpio Gold
On December 28, BacTech Mining Corp's shareholders, at a special shareholders meeting, voted 99.6% in favour...