EPA coal permitting review causes anger and confusion
Vancouver – The laissez-faire days of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) role in permitting valley fi…
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The future of carbon in the mining industry
While many in the mining industry still have serious doubts about climate change and man’s part in it, it isn’t s…
Strong Pumpkin Hollow drill results for Nevada Copper
Vancouver – The latest drill results out of Nevada Copper’s (NCU-T) Pumpkin Hollow project in Nevada look set to bo…
Teck ordered to pay US natives $1 million for Trail smelter pollution
Vancouver – After exhausting its appeal options Teck (TCK.B-T, TCK-N) has been ordered to pay more than US$1 mill…
Quadra Mining to raise $75 million
In a bought deal agreement with a syndicate of underwriters, Quadra Mining (QUA-T) will raise C$75.3 million that i…
Xstrata opposes Formation Capital cobalt project on environmental grounds
Vancouver – Rarely do mining companies make headlines for objecting to a competitor’s mine development based on its…
Allied Nevada to expand gold production at Hycroft mine
The commissioning phase of the recently reopened Hycroft gold mine in Nevada will be completed by the middle of the…
Rio Tinto Gets US$761M For Jacobs Ranch Coal Mine
Rio Tinto’s (RTP-N, RIO-L) recent US$19-billion cash infusion from Chinese state-owned Aluminum Corp. of China (ACH-N) (Chinalco) hasn’t slowed the pace of the debt-laden major’s asset sales.
First resource on Fronteer Development’s Long Canyon
Fronteer Development Group (FRG-T, FRG-x) has long said that its Long Canyon gold deposit in the heart of the Pequo…
Tower Hill raises $10 million, doubles Livengood drill program
Vancouver – Its financing brought in twice as much as it expected so International Tower Hill Mines (ITH-V) has d…
Rio Tinto sells Jacobs Ranch to Arch Coal
It looks like Rio Tinto’s (RTP-N, RIO-L) recent US$19-billion cash infusion from Chinese state-owned Aluminum Corp….
Vedanta buying Asarco for US$1.7B
Vancouver – Beleagured US copper giant Asarco has agreed to Vedanta Resources’ (VED-L) revised US$1.7 billion offer…