The southern cutback to the existing Belinau open pit at Sumatra Copper & Gold’s Tembang project has advanced as planned with the first underground development drive now into high grade gold and silver-bearing ore on Level 1. The re-optimized...
New mapping and geophysics have confirmed and extended vein graphite targets at Lanka Graphite Limited’s exploration licences in southwest Sri Lanka. The ASX-listed company has received the first set of results from an ongoing Very Low Frequency (VLF) Electromagnetic...
The Gekko Systems Assay Laboratory in Ballarat, Victoria, has received National Association of Testing Authorities (NATA) accreditation in the field of Chemical Testing. 11302015 Gekko LabNATA is one of the largest comprehensive laboratory accreditation bodies in the world and...
Zinc recycler ZincOx has agreed to restructure its debts with partner Korea Zinc Company, the first stage of a refinancing that will include raising equity funds. Korea Zinc lent ZincOx US$57 million through offtake and development loans to build...
Mineral exploration in Australia during the September 2015 quarter was dominated by exploration on existing deposits, leading to a fall in greenfields mineral exploration metres drilled, according to Association of Mining and Exploration Companies (AMEC) chief executive officer Simon...
This is Hillary Clinton $30bn plan to save coal miners US Democratic presidential candidate and former Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, doesn’t believe in coal mining, but she is willing to spend $30 billion on a plan aimed at...
Defence of West Virginia's former 'King of Coal' rests without calling witnesses The defence of ex-Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship, the man once known as West Virginia's 'King of Coal,’ and that now faces charges of conspiring to break...