Tata Steel, National Mineral Development Corporation in mines, steel deal DNA India | Kolkata: Steel giant Tata Steel and state-owned iron ore miner National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC) have entered into an agreement to explore the possibility of buying and developing mines and setting up steel plants. | A working committee has been set up to decide on the details of the...
Miners, Car Makers Weigh on Stocks Wall Street Journal By MICHELE MAATOUK | European stocks were lower Wednesday, with car makers and mining companies putting pressure on shares. | The U.K. FTSE fell 0.3% to 5497.71, Germany's DAX slipped 0.3% to 5961.16 and France's CAC-40 index lost 0.1% to 4004.54. | Auto makers were leading decliners, with Daimler l...
Miners optimistic about Chinese iron ore price talks Metals Place | Mining giants BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto will update the markets on their financial performance this week against the backdrop of difficult talks with China over iron ore pricing. | Analysts are cautiously optimistic that the setting of iron prices...
Geo Minerals finds copper at prospect in Arizona Metals Place | Geo Minerals Ltd. announced initial drilling results for the Copper Springs porphyry copper prospect located in south-central Arizona. Geo has a letter of intent with Bronco Creek Exploration Inc. ("BCE"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Eurasian Mine...
Gold miner Avoca to unveil maiden profit Metals Place | Gold miner Avoca Resources Ltd is expecting to unveil a maiden first half pre-tax profit of $40.5 million. | The Perth-based company says its unaudited pre-tax result for the first half of the financial year is $40.5 million compared to a loss of $...
Work safety gaps suffocate miners China Daily | GULANG, Gansu: Ma Jiangshan wheezes like a broken accordion. His lungs are a diseased mess after 18 years down a gold mine and, despite accruing massive debt to pay for urgent surgery, doctors say his condition will kill him. | Like many farmers in...
Miners optimistic about Chinese iron ore price talks The Independent | Mining giants BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto will update the markets on their financial performance this week against the backdrop of difficult talks with China over iron ore pricing. | Analysts are cautiously optimistic that the setting of iron prices...
Venan Entertainment's 'Space Miner: Space Ore Bust' Now Available on Apple App Store IGN Insider | Got to space on a touch screen. | February 8, 2010 - CROMWELL, Conn. - , a premier developer of Nintendo DS, iPhone, iPod, and mobile games, today announced the availability of SPACE MINER: SPACE ORE BUST, the flagship title for their Venan Arcade ...
San Anton announces business combination with Kings Minerals Metals Place | San Anton Resource Corporation announces that, subject to certain conditions, it has agreed in principle with its controlling shareholder, Kings Minerals NL (ASX: KMN) ("Kings"), to complete a business combination whereby Kings will acquire all of ...
Global miners set to report sharp slide in half year profits Mineweb MELBOURNE/LONDON (Reuters) - | Global miners are set to report a sharp slide in half-year profits on lower iron ore contract prices, but earnings should rebound as long as Chinese demand holds up and the U.S. recovers, bolstering metals p...
USGS says bleak 2009 economy cut U.S. mineral production value by 22% Mineweb RENO, NV - | Continued declines in the U.S. housing market and automobile manufacturing resulted in reduced production and consumption of metals in the United States last year, the U.S. Geological Survey noted in its 2010 Minerals Surveys....
Drogbaˇ¦s brace sends Chelsea top Taipei Times | Chelsea beat Arsenal 2-0 on Sunday to stay ahead of Manchester United in the race for the Premier League title. | Didier Drogba scored twice in the first 23 minutes to establish a dominance that Arsenal were unable to overturn, despite an improved second-half performance. | ˇ§Arsenal played well and we are happy with those two goals,ˇ¨ Drogba sai...
Security chip used in millions of PCs hacked; criminals can crack encryption with new attack Star Tribune | SAN FRANCISCO - Deep inside millions of computers is a digital Fort Knox, a special chip with the locks to highly guarded secrets, including classified government reports and confidential business plans. Now a former U.S. Army computer-security specialist has devised a way to break those locks. | The attack can force heavily secured computers to ...
