News Archive

December 2008
10 Dec 2008
Rio Tinto commits to reduce net debt by $10 billion by end of 2009
Rio's key initiatives and commitments include the  reduction of net capital expenditure guidance for 2009 from...
09 Dec 2008
Setting the pace for African development
Mining can be a catalyst for socio-economic development in Africa Antonio Pedro, Chief of Infrastructure and...
08 Dec 2008
Hounding of Newmont continues in Indonesia
Omar Jabara, Newmont Mining's Senior Director of Communications and Media Relations, reports that "a three-judge...
05 Dec 2008
Peabody offers $10 million to advance clean coal research and advanced mining technologies
Establishing the Consortium for Clean Coal Utilization, supporting the Clean Coal Technology Center and helping create...
05 Dec 2008
Mongolia’s Parliament to finalise an Oyu Tolgoi draft Investment Agreement
John Macken, President and CEO of Ivanhoe Mines, today welcomed the decision by Mongolia's national...
05 Dec 2008
Osisko recognised for strong sustainability performance
Osisko Mining, currently evaluating the Canadian Malartic gold deposit and adjacent areas for a large-scale...
04 Dec 2008
Think cautious, but positive
Latest issue of International Mining Project News available (December 5): There is varied news on...
04 Dec 2008
Outotec wins Samarco’s Excellence Award for pelletising plant
Outotec has been awarded the Prêmio Samarco de Excelência 2008 by the Brazilian iron ore...
03 Dec 2008
Oil shale extraction and carbon sequestration
One of the article's in January International Mining examines oil shale mining in Estonia and...
03 Dec 2008
The resources slump: slash & burn?
Many oil and mining companies are slashing investments as commodity prices collapse. For their own...
03 Dec 2008
Teck and its thoughts on the future
Don Lindsay, President and CEO, Teck Cominco, presented at the Macquarie Global Base Metals Outlook Conference 2008....
02 Dec 2008
Rio Tinto taps into new technology to cut emissions
Work is well advanced on a drilling programme at Rio Tinto's Mount Thorley Warkworth coal...