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11 Aug 2008
ICMM publishes mine closure toolkit
ICMM's new toolkit, Planning for Integrated Mine Closure, provides practical guidance for a key challenge...
11 Aug 2008
Wits Basin buys Chinese iron ore mine
Wits Basin Precious Minerals has signed purchase contracts for the acquisition of a producing iron...
10 Aug 2008
ArcelorMittal buys more iron ore capacity in Brazil
ArcelorMittal, the world's leading steel company, has signed an agreement to acquire 49% of the...
08 Aug 2008
London Mining – strategic coal expansion – first acquisition in South Africa
London Mining is expanding into coal. With a 2,360 Mt portfolio of iron assets supplying, and being developed for,...
07 Aug 2008
Sixteen scientific proposals advance in Barrick’s innovative research program
Barrick Gold has announced that 16 scientific proposals have been selected to advance to Phase...
06 Aug 2008
Mutual aid agreement signed between Victorian gold mines
Four Victorian gold mines signed a Mine Rescue Mutual Aid Agreement during the Annual Victorian Underground...
06 Aug 2008
Wannaway not going away, because there is more nickel?
Australian nickel producer Mincor Resources has ended remnant mining at its Wannaway mine, due to the...
06 Aug 2008
Minex forum in Moscow in October
The 4th annual Mining and Exploration Business Forum MINEX 2008 will take place October 1-3...
05 Aug 2008
Katanga and Gécamines sign Memorandum of Understanding
Katanga Mining has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with its joint venture (JV) partner...
05 Aug 2008
Ambrian Partners ranked leading nominated adviser to the AIM Basic Materials sector
Ambrian Partners, the wholly-owned corporate finance and stockbroking subsidiary of Ambrian Capital, was ranked the first...
04 Aug 2008
Artisanal diamond co-operatives in Sierra Leone: success or failure?
Partnership Africa Canada and the Diamond Development Initiative have released a joint Policy Brief: Artisanal...
01 Aug 2008
Nickel bringing in more and more dollars
 Latest issue of International Mining Project News available (August 1): Several nickel projects are featured...