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18 Jun 2008
PERC 2008 – another resource code – comment welcomed
The "exposure draft" for consultation on the Pan-European Reserves and resources Reporting Committee (PERC)  was launched...
18 Jun 2008
Good times for steel producers
The Steel Financial Insight report discusses the most recent annual financial results from the leading...
18 Jun 2008
Embedding sustainability for enduring project value
Susanne Cooper and Nick Fleming* of SKM note that "sustainability is not just a political...
16 Jun 2008
Massive support for Ohio CTL project
Baard Energy, a leading alternative energy development company headquartered in Vancouver, Washington, says that 16...
16 Jun 2008
Rio looks to BRC DiamondCore for DRC diamonds
BRC DiamondCore (which features in International Mining's July issue) has signed a Letter of Intent with Rio...
16 Jun 2008
Revenues soaring but with costs eating into margins, is this as good as it gets for many miners?
A report by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC),  Mine As good as it gets?, shows that while revenues...
15 Jun 2008
Driverless trains for Rio Tinto in the Pilbara
Rio Tinto will invest $371 million [(Rio Tinto share $350 million)  to automate its iron ore...
13 Jun 2008
Venezuela accused of weakening efforts to control conflict diamonds
Civil society members of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme for rough diamonds have called for Venezuela's...
13 Jun 2008
Scandinavian joins the First Quantum fold
Scandinavian Minerals' shareholders have voted in favour of the previously announced plan of arrangement with First...
12 Jun 2008
Intellection lifts international mineral research support
Intellection has expanded its support for international minerals industry research, becoming an industry sponsor of...
10 Jun 2008
GPS for underground operations – great potential for controlling block caves, saving trapped miners and machine automation
Today at the MassMin conference in Lulea, Sweden, Greg Baiden of Laurentian University, Canada (also...
10 Jun 2008
UC Rusal ‘greens’ aluminium production
UC RUSAL reports it has successfully launched test production of the key component of a...