News Archive

December 2008
18 Dec 2008
Success in cleaning up coal power emissions in America
A US Department of Energy project has successfully demonstrated the cost-effective removal of multiple pollutants...
17 Dec 2008
Aurubis – the largest copper producer in Europe
The integration of Norddeutsche Affinerie and Cumerio is progressing well. The new enlarged company is to...
16 Dec 2008
ARM and Vale to take on TEAL and its projects
TEAL Exploration & Mining has entered into a definitive agreement with African Rainbow Minerals (ARM) and...
16 Dec 2008
Landsat 35-year old program archive soon to be freely available
In early 2009 the entire archive of the American Landsat remote sensing program will be available...
15 Dec 2008
Australian call for more clean coal development
Cougar Energy is calling on the Queensland Government to actively encourage a diversity policy in...
15 Dec 2008
Formation receives Platinum Award for corporate excellence
The Northwest Mining Association (NWMA) has awarded the 2008 Platinum Award for Corporate Excellence to...
15 Dec 2008
Australian white paper on climate change: too high a price for global leadership
The Minerals Council of Australia (MCA) says it "is profoundly disappointed that the Federal Government's...
13 Dec 2008
Conflict diamond scheme must suspend Zimbabwe
Members of the Kimberley Process (KP) Civil Society Coalition are calling upon the KP to...
12 Dec 2008
Australia invests in export corridors and education
The Federal Government of Australia has announced an infrastructure package, aimed, according to Mitchell H....
12 Dec 2008
Gold shows resilience
Despite current market conditions and commodity prices, 2008 has ended up as a strong year for...
11 Dec 2008
Four Mile project wins prestigious AMEC award
Australia's mining and exploration industry gathered to celebrate the end of a tumultuous year and...
10 Dec 2008
German mining equipment manufacturers see little affect from financial crisis, so far
Germany's mining equipment manufacturers have hardly been affected by the financial crisis so far. For...