HOT NEWS
March 16, 2010
Gold futures gained 1.5% by the official close on Tuesday, and rose further in electronic trades as the dollar weakened....
March 16, 2010
The tests are expected to determine maximum obtainable gold and silver recoveries using leaching, as well as the leach times needed for maximum recovery....
March 16, 2010
All four holes encountered precious metal or base metal mineralisation of potentially economic grades and widths....
March 15, 2010
Despite concerns that China is considering further rate cuts, the gold market has shown great resiliency around the $1,100 level....
March 15, 2010
The U.S. Mint's American Eagle sales data offers interesting insights into physical precious-metals demand....
March 15, 2010
Gold futures rose on Monday after Moody's Investors Service said risks are growing for the ratings of the four largest AAA-rated economies....
March 15, 2010
The company updates Santa Ana and Corani, as well as on two anticipated drill programs on new precious metal targets....
March 15, 2010
The trenching program will be performed on the BLM ground in the southern part of the Vulture Mining District, Maricopa County in Arizona....
March 12, 2010
Gold futures finished lower on Friday and for the week, as a drop in U.S. consumer sentiment fueled concerns that China will further tighten....
March 11, 2010
So far this week, we have traded a very choppy and volatile $37.50 range. ...
March 11, 2010
The company has completed the sale of a 70% joint venture interest in its Mineral Ridge gold property, together with related assets, to Scorpio Gold....
March 10, 2010
Today's gold market traded between support and resistance levels in a very choppy and volatile $25.20 range. ...
March 10, 2010
Gold futures finished lower Wednesday, losing early gains as traders took a cautious approach ahead of more economic reports from China....
March 10, 2010
The purchases will give the company proven reserves of about 76,000 ounces of gold and likely reserves of 280,000....
March 16, 2010
The new plant in Hangzhou will be sized to accommodate multiple can lines and will have an initial annual production capacity of approximately 600 million 2-piece, 33cl aluminum beverage cans. ...
March 15, 2010
The Australian trade minister has warned the Chinese government to keep out of increasingly fraught negotiations between Chinese steel mills and iron ore miners....
March 11, 2010
Copper and silver futures rose on Thursday after reports that Chile, the world's largest copper producer, was hit by an aftershock to last month's earthquake....
March 11, 2010
The Titan-Vanadium Property comprises 2,150 hectares and is located within 2.5 kilometres of a high-voltage transmission line and within 8 kilometres of a railroad. ...
March 11, 2010
The European steel industry has warned that the hefty price increases mining companies are seeking for iron ore could slow the region's economic recovery....
March 10, 2010
Rio Tinto chief executive Tom Albanese is to visit Beijing this month to attend a high-powered conference that usually attracts top Chinese officials....
March 16, 2010 - By Press release
Deon van der Mescht, formerly CEO of Simmer and Jack Mines, Ltd., has been appointed as interim president and CEO of the company....
March 15, 2010
The buy totals approximately 80 separate contiguous claims in this prime lithium-mining region....
March 12, 2010
Lithium and rare earths got hot because of one simple fact: the emergence of new green technologies that require these metals to function....
March 12, 2010
A deputy to the National People's Congress says China should set up a national reserve of rare earth resources. ...
March 11, 2010
India's Department of Atomic Energy has developed the design for a 300 MWe Advanced Heavy Water Reactor that is capable of generating most of its power from thorium-based fuel....
March 10, 2010
The world's second biggest uranium-exporting country has overcome a period of low ore grades and operation problems to reach production levels last seen in 2005....
March 16, 2010
Nigeria's controversial oil industry bill is expected to eventually pass but the government may find it tough to later shift gears as international oil firms targeted under the legislation scale back their investments....
March 16, 2010
Crude oil prices reached eight-week highs at $83.16 a barrel last week, but the action was sideways and choppy on a number of factors, including including a quiet dollar and equities markets....
March 16, 2010
Horizontal drilling and the ability to fracture shale seams to release gas have made shale gas viable. Some Aussie firms are out front of this development....
March 16, 2010
Cumberland is one of the largest privately held coal producers in the United States with 2009 produced coal revenue of $550 million....
March 15, 2010
The coal will be sourced primarily from the Company's Panther and Winchester mines....
March 12, 2010
Oil prices are rising after the International Energy Agency said expectations for China demand were "astonishing."...
March 12, 2010
The well tested at a stabilized rate of 1,314 bbl/d of 28
o API oil, and testing operations will continue....
March 12, 2010
When a lot of traders agree on a particular trade, it's more likely that in the short-run the opposite trade will be a winner....
March 12, 2010
Doing business in China always comes with its little challenges and unexpected events -- such as executives being jailed and difficulties with local or central governments....
March 11, 2010
"The company is pleased with this result and happy to have this matter finalized," said Shane Harvey, Massey Vice President and General Counsel. ...
