China fund takes stake in Canadian miner China Daily | TORONTO: Canadian mining company Teck Resources Ltd. said Friday it is selling a 17 percent stake to China Investment Corp. for C$1.74 billion (US$1.5 billion) in a bid to reduce its debt. | The Vancouver-based company said CIC, the world's largest commodity buyer, will buy 101.3 million class B v...
Cash joy for African Minerals The Times | It was a good day for Frank Timis, the colourful mining company promoter. His latest venture, African Minerals, an iron ore explorer in Sierra Leone, raised £64 million in a placing of shares at 250p each to use for further drilling at its giant Tonkolili iron ore project there, which Mr Timis bel...
China fund takes stake in Canadian miner China Daily | TORONTO: Canadian mining company Teck Resources Ltd. said Friday it is selling a 17 percent stake to China Investment Corp. for C$1.74 billion (US$1.5 billion) in a bid to reduce its debt. | The Vancouver-based company said CIC, the world's largest...
Miners bank $3bn on Baloch project Asia Times | By Syed Fazl-e-Haider | QUETTA, Pakistan - Canada's Barrick Gold and Chile's Antofagasta plan to invest up to US$3 billion in a copper and gold mine at Reko Diq in Pakistan's southwestern province of Balochistan. This will be the single-largest for...
Miner dies Independent online | A miner died at the Phakisa mine in the Free State on Friday morning, Harmony Gold said. | Spokesperson Marian van der Walt said an autopsy would be conducted to determine the cause of death as this was unknown. | Harmony chief executive officer Gr...
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South African miners move to stop Xstrata and Anglo deal The Observer | 's powerful National Union of Mineworkers, with 317,000 members, has intervened in the proposed merger between the companies and . | It claims any deal would be "lead to unaccept...
New Tanzanian tax proposals will hurt gold miners, economy Mineweb DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - | Tanzania's government should reconsider its intention to lift excise duty exemptions on mining companies as it will hurt the industry, a pri...
Court: Massey must rehire union miners in W.Va. Syracuse | (AP) - RICHMOND, Va. - A federal appeals court has upheld a decision requiring a Massey Energy subsidiary to hire union miners at a West Virginia mine. | Wednesday's ruling by the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals affirms a 2008 decision requiring Mammo...
Court: Massey must rehire union miners in W.Va. Fresno Bee | The Associated Press | RICHMOND, Va. -- A federal appeals court has upheld a decision requiring a Massey Energy subsidiary to hire union miners at a West Virginia mine. | Wednesday's ruling by the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals affirms a 2008 decisio...
Court: Massey must rehire union miners in W.Va. Houston Chronicle | RICHMOND, Va. - A federal appeals court has upheld a decision requiring a Massey Energy subsidiary to hire union miners at a West Virginia mine. | Wednesday's ruling by the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals affirms a 2008 decision requiring Mammoth Coal...
Miners Defy Government Order All Africa MINING corporations operating in Zimbabwe on Tuesday defied an order by Mines and Mining Development Minister, Obert Mpofu, to boycott an international mining conference organised in London by a South African resource industry consultancy after the g...
Luanshya Miners Get Back Jobs All Africa THE new investor that has taken over Luanshya Copper Mines (LCM), China Non-ferrous Metal Group Company (CNMC), has started re-engaging former employees, who have been flocking to the general offices in large numbers. | ...
Court: Massey must rehire union miners in W.Va. Wtop | RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - A federal appeals court has upheld a decision requiring a Massey Energy subsidiary to hire union miners at a West Virginia mine. | Wednesday's ruling by the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals affirms a 2008 decision requiring Mammoth...
Court: Massey must rehire union miners in W.Va. The Miami Herald | RICHMOND, Va. -- A federal appeals court has upheld a decision requiring a Massey Energy subsidiary to hire union miners at a West Virginia mine. | Wednesday's ruling by the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals affirms a 2008 decision requiring Mammoth Coa...
Ishant looked a different bowler with the new ball: Dhoni The Times Of India | 6 Jul 2009, 0056 hrs IST, PTI | Text: GROS ISLET (St Lucia): He was off-colour during the IPL and Twenty20 World Cup, but Ishant Sharma looked impressive in his short spell and India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni feels a disciplined approach coupled with little assistance from ...
Exploring Maori arts, crafts and science NZ Herald 4:00AM Monday Jul 06, 2009 | By | New technology is a medium for Maori carving, discovers Sio Siasau. Photo / Glenn Jeffrey | Sio Siasau was one of about 30 carvers at the innovation summit Atamira yesterday. His point of difference was a bit of fantastic plastic. | The Tongan artist said it was eye-opening learning from tangata whenua about their ...
