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Westmoreland Coal Company has completed the acquisition of Chevron Mining’s Kemmerer coal mine located in Wyoming, US for a total consideration of...
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Coalspur completes BFS on Vista coal project in Canada
Coalspur Mines has completed a bankable feasibility study (BFS) at its Vista Coal Project in Alberta,...
Liberty Silver begins drilling at US silver prospect
Liberty Silver Corp has begun its drilling programme on the Trinity Silver property located in Nevada,...
Kinder Morgan and Arch Coal to expand US coal terminal network
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners (KMP) said it will invest a total of $140m to expand its coal-handling facilities along the US Gulf...
Pan American Silver to acquire Minefinders Corp for C$1.5bn
Canada-based Pan American Silver Corp has agreed to acquire Minefinders Corporation for a total consideration of C$1.50bn...
NBR signs JV for Canadian gold-platinum property
North Bay Resources (NBR) has formed a joint venture (JV) with Devlin's Bench Mining and P Wright Contracting (PWC) to jointly operate the Monte Cristo Property in British Columbia's Lillooet...
Peabody Energy to extend its Colorado coal mine
Peabody Energy is planning to extend its Twentymile Coal Mine in Colorado,...
Newmont Mining plans to expand gold mines in Canada
Gold producer Newmont Mining Corp is going to expand new gold mines located in the Kitikmeot region of Nunavut,...
Comstock Mining secures permit for US drilling programme
Comstock Mining has received a reclamation permit for an exploration drilling programme in the...
Navaho Gold intersects gold assays at US mine
Navaho Gold has discovered elevated gold intercepts at the Rose mine project in Nevada,...
Rio Tinto completes Hathor Exploration acquisition
Rio Tinto, through an indirect wholly owned subsidiary, has acquired uranium mining company Hathor...
Amarc Resources expands gold discovery area in Canada
Amarc Resources has confirmed that Newton bulk tonnage gold discovery in south-central British Columbia, Canada, is open to expansion in several...
US mines killed 21 coal miners in 2011, reports MSHA
The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) have reported that 21 coal miners died in various mine accidents across the country last...
NMDC drops bid to acquire US coal mine
Indian state-controlled mineral producer NMDC has dropped its bid to acquire the Tacoa coal mine in the...
Adroit Resources and Forage Perfection sign diamond drilling contract for Canadian prospect
Adroit Resources has signed an agreement with Forage Perfection for a 4,000m diamond drill contract at Little Pigeon Lake section prospect in northern Ontario,...
Xstrata Copper completes base metal mine expansion in Canada
Xstrata Copper has completed the expansion of Kidd Mine in Northern Ontario, Canada, at an estimated cost of C$120m...
Universal Bioenergy signs deal for coal mine acquisition
Universal Bioenergy has signed an agreement to acquire the Whitesburg Friday Branch Mine for an undisclosed...
Marcventures Holdings subsidiary signs nickel ore sales contract
Philippines-based Marcventures Holdings' subsidiary Marcventures Mining and Development Corp has signed an agreement to sell nickel laterite ore to Dunfeng...
Liberty Mines to renovate TSF at Canadian project
The Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources has approved a proposal from Liberty Mines to renovate its Redstone Mill tailing storage facility (TSF) in Ontario,...
K+S to invest $3.1bn for Canadian potash project
German firm K+S Aktiengesellschaft has approved capital expenditure of C$3.25bn ($3.1bn) for the Legacy potash project in the Saskatchewan province of...
Canwealth, ICBS and Bayport form new mining venture in the US
Canwealth Minerals, ICBS and Bayport Corporation have formed a mining joint venture named Goldshore Mining to drill for gold and rare earth elements in the US state of...
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