News Archive

July 2008
31 Jul 2008
Asarco files bankruptcy reorganisation plan
ASARCO has filed a Plan of Reorganization with the US Bankruptcy Court in Corpus Christi, Texas....
31 Jul 2008
Rock Mechanics Technology joins Golder Associates
Environmental and ground engineering consultancy Golder Associates (UK) has acquired 100% share equity of Rock...
31 Jul 2008
Novagold chooses mining over power
NovaGold Resources has reached a binding agreement to sell 100% of its NovaGreenPower subsidiary for...
31 Jul 2008
Anglo American has $45 billion pipeline driving production growth
Anglo American has an approved project pipeline increased to $15 billion to deliver substantial volume...
30 Jul 2008
Eramet completes first phase of Tinfos acquisition
Eramet has completed the first phase of the acquisition of the Norwegian company Tinfos, relating...
30 Jul 2008
Teck Cominco gets deeper into metallurgical coal
Teck Cominco has entered into an agreement with Fording Canadian Coal Trust under which Teck...
28 Jul 2008
Forecast of Australian minerals industry labour needs
The Minerals Council of Australia (MCA) has released a research report prepared by the National...
27 Jul 2008
Norton/Bellamel merger to create leading Australian gold producer
Norton Gold Fields today opened its off-market scrip offer for all ordinary shares of Bellamel...
25 Jul 2008
12th International Seminar on Paste & Thickened Tailings
Paste '09 will be held April 21-24 in Viña del Mar, Chile. The deadline for submitting...
25 Jul 2008
Vimetco acquires its first bauxite mine, in Sierra Leone
Vimetco, the global producer of primary and processed aluminium products, ha acquired the whole of the...
24 Jul 2008
Kinross announces friendly combination with Aurelian
Kinross Gold and Aurelian Resources have approved a business combination by way of a friendly offer...
24 Jul 2008
Booming fertiliser demand boosts potash miner
Potash Corp of Saskatchewan (PotashCorp) today reported record second-quarter earnings of $2.82 per share ($905.1...