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Dominion Diamond shareholders revolt, call for changes

Ekati mine aerial view, August 2010. (Image by Jason Pineau, WikiMedia Commons) Displeased shareholders of Canada’s Dominion Diamond (TSX, NYSE:DDC), the world’s third largest producer of rough diamonds by value, are stepping up efforts to force a company overhaul....

RPM and Schneider seek joint opportunities

RungePincockMinarco (RPM) and Schneider Electric (Australia) have signed an agreement to jointly explore business opportunities in the mining industry. The companies will leverage existing customer and partner networks within the industry where they provide software and services. RPM logoRPM...

Thiess awarded UHG contract extension

CIMIC Group’s global mining contractor Thiess has been awarded a four-year contract extension by Energy Resources LLC at the Ukhaa Khudag (UHG) coal mine in Mongolia. The contract extension will deliver Thiess with up to $1 billion of revenue...

Dozens missing in new Myanmar landslide

Dozens are missing and feared dead after a landslide struck a remote jade mining region in northern Myanmar on December 25. It was the second such incident to hit the country's jade industry in five weeks. The landslide occurred...

Malaysian miner seeks Singapore listing

Malaysian gold mining company Anchor Resources, also called Angka Alamjaya Sdn Bhd (AASB), has lodged its preliminary offer document for an initial public offering (IPO) on the Catalist board of Singapore Exchange. Anchor is engaged in the business of...

Axiom defines five years of production

Axiom Mining has received an updated JORC-compliant resource at the Isabel Nickel Project in the Solomon Islands which defines the first five years of nickel production. At Kolosori tenement the high-grade saprolite resource tonnage doubled to 3.9 million dry...

Encouraging Martabe exploration results

ECR Minerals is considering the extent to which it may carry out further exploration at the Danglay project in the Philippines following publication of a technical resource report. Last month, the company announced the first resource estimate for the...

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