News Archive

May 2008
30 May 2008
Ongoing strong outlook for China, according to Macquarie
Macquarie hosted its 2008 China Commodities Conference last week and has provided a summary of some of...
30 May 2008
New resource code and the ‘mine of the future’
On June 17, the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IoM3) will host a unique double...
29 May 2008
Whither Peruvian gold?
Reporting from the VIII International Gold Symposium in Lima, MinerAndina says Miguel Cardozo, Chairman and...
29 May 2008
Technological leadership displayed by Bateman in process engineering forum
Bateman Engineering showcased its technological expertise at a successful Process Engineering Forum held recently in Johannesburg,...
29 May 2008
Rio well placed to supply future demand
Today Rio Tinto released resource updates on three major projects - La Granja and Resolution...
28 May 2008
Australia must address capacity constraints or risk losing further share of world minerals market
Australia has already lost market share to international competitors in the race to meet the...
27 May 2008
Favourable poll results support mining in Ecuador
An official poll was conducted May 10 by the well regarded Ecuadorian pollster group, Informe...
27 May 2008
Minefinders suing Ausenco
A subsidiary company of Minefinders, a precious metals mining and exploration company, has commenced a binding...
26 May 2008
Murchison Metals to merge with Midwest
The directors of Murchison Metals have announced a recommended merger of Murchison and Midwest Corp by...
23 May 2008
Increased uranium production and exploration in the USA
A new report recently released by the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) documents various US...
23 May 2008
Kathryn McPhail from the ICMM wins global essay award
ICMM's Kathryn McPhail has won the Bronze Award for the International Finance Corp/Financial Times essay competition...
23 May 2008
New £6 million research centre to create the mine of the future
Advanced mining and mineral processing techniques to extract minerals will be developed through a new £6 million...