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Dubbo EIS open for public comment
By: Esmarie Iannucci 19th September 2013 ASX-listed Alkane Resources’ environmental-impact study (EIS) for its Dubbo zirconia project, in New South Wales, is open for public comment. The EIS will be available for review and comment until November 18. →
Quebec mining Bill to hurt investment – QMEA
By: Henry Lazenby 18th September 2013 An analysis of Bill 43 of the Quebec Mining Act had concluded that, in its current form, the Bill would eventually reduce the ability of the mining industry to develop resources, create jobs and generate wealth for Quebecers, the Quebec Mining Exploration Association (QMEA) has said. The... →
Iamgold, AngloGold Ashanti to suspend mining at Yatela
By: Henry Lazenby 16th September 2013 The joint venture (JV) between Canadian miner Iamgold, gold major AngloGold Ashanti and the Mali government has decided to stop mining at the Yatela gold mine, in Mali, at the end of the month, citing openpit safety issues and the lower gold price as the main reasons for the decision. The JV,... →
Final enviro approval stage for new Mpumalanga coal-mine
By: Martin Creamer 16th September 2013 The final environmental reports for a proposed new coal-mine in Mpumalanga province are out for public comment. GlencoreXstrata’s proposed Zandbaken coal-mine project is 20 km south-west of the town of Secunda and 30 km north-west of Standerton, Digby Wells Environmental says in a media... →
Anglo pulls out of controversial Alaskan copper project
By: Martin Creamer 16th September 2013 Diversified mining major Anglo American has decided to withdraw from the Pebble copper, gold and molybdenum project in Alaska, which has evoked strong public opposition from the local fishing community. Anglo expects its year-end write-off of Pebble to total $300-million. Northern Dynasty... →
Union weighs in on Ring of Fire right-of-way decision
By: Henry Lazenby 13th September 2013 The General Chairperson's Association (GCA), representing unionised employees at government-controlled transportation and telecommunications agency Ontario Northland, this week weighed in on the Ontario Mining and Lands Commissioner’s dismissal of US iron-ore miner Cliffs Natural Resources’... →
Big emitters not doing enough to reduce emissions – CDP 
By: Leandi Kolver 13th September 2013 The world’s largest carbon emitting companies are not doing enough to reduce their impact on the environment, with the 50 largest emitters having increased their emissions since 2009, the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) stated in its 2013 Global 500 Climate Change Report released on Thursday.... →
Zambia backs private sector to develop country’s mineral wealth
13th September 2013 The shift to mining privatisation in the Zambian mining sector has been necessitated by the need to improve the peformance of the mining industry to better its contribution to Zambia’s economic development. →
Sulliden Gold’s flagship gets Peruvian EIA nod
By: Henry Lazenby 11th September 2013 Project developer Sulliden Gold Corp on Wednesday said Peru’s Energy and Mines Ministry (MINEM) had approved the environmental impact assessment (EIA) for the Shahuindo gold/silver project, in the country’s north. The company said approval of the EIA was a critical milestone in advancing the... →
Alternative financing option available to qualifying issuers
By: Henry Lazenby 11th September 2013 The current turbulent financial environment has many junior explorers searching in vain for capital injections on public markets and through private investors, but, for certain qualifying issuers, there might be a financing alternative in flow-through share donation transactions. Mining Weekly... →
Cliffs’ application for an easement over Canada Chrome claims dismissed
By: Henry Lazenby 11th September 2013 The Ontario Mining and Lands Commissioner on Wednesday dismissed an application by a subsidiary of US iron-ore miner Cliffs Natural Resources seeking an easement over mining claims that TSX-V-listed junior KWG Resources had staked from Exton in the Ring of Fire, Northern Ontario, on which it... →
Fission Uranium finds fertile ground in western Athabasca
By: Simon Rees 10th September 2013 Mighty oaks from little acorns grow, or so the saying goes. Having good ground is essential too and for many uranium juniors the best territory remains the Athabasca basin region, in northern Saskatchewan. Fission Uranium is one such company, although its gaze is focused on the Athabasca basin’s... →
Natural Resources Minister in US to promote energy cooperation
By: Henry Lazenby 9th September 2013 Canada’s Natural Resources Minister, Joe Oliver, on Monday met with US Secretary of Energy Dr Ernest Moniz to discuss the Canada/US energy relationship and opportunities for future cooperation. Infrastructure such as the Keystone XL pipeline to transport unconventional oil and gas between the... →
Production from new Athabasca uranium mine delayed to 2014
By: Henry Lazenby 9th September 2013 Production from Cameco’s Cigar Lake project, located in the uranium-rich Athabasca basin, in northern Saskatchewan, would be delayed to the first half 2014, after the company on Monday announced that it would need to complete additional work at the project. Construction of the Cigar Lake mine was... →
Energizer expects better economics from feasibility at Madagascar project
By: Henry Lazenby 9th September 2013 Madagascar-focused Energizer Resources on Monday said a series of milestones at its flagship Molo graphite project, and recently updated mineral resources had led it to expect improved economics from a feasibility study currently under way. The company’s shares jumped more than 16% in early... →
Ivanhoe Mines to start sinking $80m bulk sample shaft at SA project
By: Henry Lazenby 9th September 2013 TSX-listed Ivanhoe Mines has been given permission to sink a bulk-sample shaft at its Flatreef platinum/palladium/nickel/copper/gold/rhodium discovery, at its Platreef project, in South Africa's Bushveld Igneous Complex. The company, which recently changed its name from Ivanplats to better... →
Continental Gold pushes Colombian resource expansion ahead of 2014 PFS
By: Henry Lazenby 7th September 2013 Colombia-focused Continental Gold is focused on expanding resources at its flagship Buriticá gold project, in Antioquia, Colombia, ahead of completing a prefeasibility study (PFS) at the end of 2014 when a development decision would be made. CEO Ari Sussman told Mining Weekly Online on Friday... →
Misinformation circulating regarding BC roadblock – Fortune Minerals
By: Henry Lazenby 5th September 2013 Project-development company Fortune Minerals on Thursday provided clarification on its access to the proposed Arctos openpit coal mine, in British Columbia (BC), saying misinformation is circulating. Members of the Tahltan First Nation on Tuesday began blockading a road leading to the project,... →
BC First Nation blocks road to proposed coal mine
By: Henry Lazenby 5th September 2013 Members of the Tahltan First Nation, in British Columbia (BC), on Tuesday began blockading a road leading to project developer Fortune Minerals' proposed openpit coal mine and which is also used to travel to traditional hunting camps, as Tahltan Central Council (TCC) leaders prepared for talks... →
Colt Resources’ Portuguese tungsten project deemed economically viable
By: Henry Lazenby 5th September 2013 TSX-V-listed Colt Resources on Wednesday announced the results of a preliminary economic study (PEA) on its Tabuaço tungsten project, in Portugal, which concluded that the project, could be an economically feasible venture. Using the National Instrument 43-101-compliant indicated and measured... →
Uncertainty around commercial prospects of shale gas in the Karoo predicates necessity for exploratory fracking
By: Samantha Herbst 30th August 2013 Government’s inter-Ministerial hydraulic fracturing (fracking) monitoring committee is still working on fine- tuning regulations for a draft report on the governing of fracking in the Karoo basin, which potentially holds 390-trillion cubic feet (tcf) of technically recoverable shale gas... →
Clear vision needed for troubled South African mining industry – Sipho Nkosi 
By: Martin Creamer 28th August 2013 The troubled South African mining industry needed a clear vision that was resistant to continual change, Exxaro Resources CEO Sipho Nkosi said on Wednesday. The head of the majority-black-owned JSE-listed company also questioned the sustainability of the mandatory 26% black-economic-empowerment... →
Kitsault project environmental assessment open for final public comment
By: Natasha Odendaal 26th August 2013 The Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (CEAA) has given the public until September 22 to comment on the environmental assessment of Avanti Mining’s proposed construction and operation of an openpit molybdenum mine in British Columbia. Avanti planned to reopen the Kitsault mine, which had... →
DRDGold enters nano realm in bid for more gold from dumps
By: Martin Creamer 23rd August 2013 Dump gold miner DRDGold, which recovered nearly 150 000 oz of gold from Gauteng’s mine dumps in the 12 months to end June, has entered the realm of nanotechnology in its relentless pursuit of every last particle of gold from the mountain of surface material at its disposal. The JSE- and... →
Social, environmental consulting under way
By: Chantelle Kotze 23rd August 2013 Environmental consulting company Digby Wells is finalising a scoping report for Africa-focused project developer Ivanplats’ Platreef platinum-group metals, nickel, copper and gold project, on the northern limb of the Bushveld Complex, which will be submitted to the regulatory authorities this month. →
Shift from ‘blame seeking’ will aid efforts to tackle SA’s AMD challenge
By: Leandi Kolver 16th August 2013 Current mining industry players are faced with the challenge of who should be responsible for and deal with the subsequent financial impact of the legacy issue of acid mine drainage (AMD). The mining industry has been a significant driver of the country’s economy, dating back many years;... →
Shift from ‘blame seeking’ will aid efforts to tackle SA’s acid mine drainage challenge
By: Leandi Kolver 16th August 2013 Current mining industry players are faced with the challenge of who should be responsible for and deal with the subsequent financial impact of the legacy issue of acid mine drainage (AMD). →
Anglo American turns first sod at BC met coal project expansion
By: Henry Lazenby 15th August 2013 Global diversified mining major Anglo American on Thursday turned the first sod on the Trend-Roman project, an opencut expansion for Trend mine near Tumbler Ridge in north-east British Columbia (BC). BC Energy and Mines Minister Bill Bennett, joined by Anglo American CEO Mark Cutifani and... →
Environmental group challenges federal energy rules in court
By: Henry Lazenby 13th August 2013 Environmental group ForestEthics Advocacy and Donna Sinclair, represented by civil rights and constitutional lawyer Clayton Ruby, on Tuesday sued the federal government over new rules that are alleged to restrict citizen participation in public decisions about the energy industry. The... →
CME welcomes WA environmental offset register
By: Esmarie Iannucci 13th August 2013 The Western Australian Chamber of Minerals and Energy (CME) has welcomed the state government’s introduction of an environmental offset register, saying it would provide a single publically available access point for information on the application and delivery of environmental offsets committed... →
Alamos Gold project gets Turkish environmental nod
By: Henry Lazenby 12th August 2013 Canadian miner Alamos Gold has received the final signatures from the Turkish government approving the environmental-impact assessment (EIA) for its Kirazlı gold project. The Environment and Urbanisation Ministry, the Turkish government agency responsible for reviewing the company’s EIA, had... →
Govt delays Abbot Point enviro approval decision until after elections
By: Esmarie Iannucci 12th August 2013 The federal government has delayed an environmental approval on the expansion of the Abbot Point terminal, in Queensland, until after the elections on September 7. Environment Minister Mark Butler said he had recently received a number of reports, which could potentially impact on the Abbot... →
Taseko’s Q2 loss below expectations, BC mine ramp-up impresses
By: Henry Lazenby 9th August 2013 British Columbia- (BC-) focused base metals miner Taseko Mines this week reported a net loss of $14.72-million, or $0.08 a share, for the three months ended June 30, a $20.48-million drop from the net profit of $5.76-million recorded in the same period a year earlier, as lower copper prices and... →
Matawa First Nations to start training for Ring of Fire development
By: Henry Lazenby 9th August 2013 The Ring of Fire Aboriginal Training Alliance (RoFATA) would receive more than $5.9-million from the Canadian government’s Skills and Partnership Fund to provide training for employment in the mining sector for the people of Matawa First Nations, in preparation for the development of the Ring of... →
Lawyer argues mines’ profits don’t show full picture as costs are passed on to workers, communities and the environment
By: Samantha Herbst 9th August 2013 While securing employment and encouraging foreign direct investment in the mining industry are necessary to balance the protection of labourers and maintaining an economy, more is needed to enhance the quality of life for mineworkers, says human rights lawyer Richard Spoor. Addressing delegates... →
Women making inroads into male-dominated mining sector despite challenges
By: Nomvelo Buthelezi 9th August 2013 The mining industry faces many challenges from a macro and micro perspective, from fluctuating exchange rates to mineral prices and labour unrest. →
Deep-sea mining firms up standards as Nautilus ‘turns corner’
By: Simon Rees 8th August 2013 Nautilus Minerals has faced some tough times over the past 12 months, its difficulties mainly related to a commercial dispute between the company and the government of Papua New Guinea (PNG) that arose in June 2012. The disagreement’s knock-on effects weighed on the development of Nautilus’... →
High-grade fluorite prices expected to rise through 2020
By: Henry Lazenby 7th August 2013 The average yearly price for high-grade fluorspar, or acidspar as it is also known, is expected to rise by 16% through to 2020 as demand grows, tempered in the medium term by new supplies, market analysts Byron Capital Markets said in a recent report. The analysts’ report, titled ‘Introduction... →
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