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15 Apr 2009
Sub-Saharan business combination proposed: African Aura and Mano River
African Aura Resources has entered into a legally binding Letter of Intent (LOI) with Mano...
14 Apr 2009
Significant breakthrough in new coring data technology
Coretrack has successfully completed a series of pressure and temperature tests of the transducer used...
14 Apr 2009
CiDRA wins third expansion contract
CiDRA Minerals Processing, a company offering real time process monitoring equipment, has been awarded, through...
13 Apr 2009
Remote dozer operation enhances operator safety
Where bulldozers work on ore stockpiles, operators can be exposed to major safety challenges. Poor visibility,...
13 Apr 2009
inXitu introduces BTX a new concept in XRD analysis
Following from technology developed for the NASA Mars Science Laboratory, inXitu has introduced a new benchtop...
11 Apr 2009
Polymetal buys more feed for the Kubaka mill
Polymetal has agreed to acquire two gold deposits in Magadan suitable for providing feed for...
10 Apr 2009
USGS announces 2009 mineral research grants
The US Geological Survey (USGS) this week announced the recipients of the agency's 2009 mineral...
10 Apr 2009
EIA outlook predicts increased coal use for electricity
The Energy Information Administration (EIA) has released its Annual Energy Outlook 2009, which predicts that...
09 Apr 2009
ABB wins $28 million mining order in Canada
ABB has won a contract valued over $28 million from Terrane Metals Corp that includes the...
06 Apr 2009
Recovery in Chinese aluminium and coking coal?
Macquarie Research says aluminium smelters in Henan province have been "persuaded" to restart their idled...
05 Apr 2009
Afghan iron ore offered for tender
Afghanistan's Ministry of Mines is offering the mineral rights to the Hajigak iron deposit and surrounding...
03 Apr 2009
Is the tide turning? Be careful what you read into current rallies
Macquarie Research notes that chinese domestic prices for the majority of the commodities it covers...