In this Issue

IRJ Editor Nuala Gallagher interviews Miguel Rossetto, chief executive of Petrobras Biocombustivel

Excelsior Gold - Western Australia's next multi-mine gold triumph

ADX Resources continues to deliver with its North African and European portfolio
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Colombia’s Ecopetrol raised oil reserves by 8.3pc in 2011
IRJ – February 1 –Colombia’s national oil company Ecopetrol S.A announced that its proven net reserves rose by 8.3 per ... Read More -
Skelton Sherborne leads trend spotting in mining & construction, Queensland
IRJ – February 1 – Director Brad Skelton, of Australian mining and construction equipment freight forwarding giant Skelton Sherborne, tackled ... Read More -
South Sudan official says Total to start oil exploration
IRJ – January 31 – France’s Total SA plans to commence oil exploration at the concession held by the energy ... Read More - More Resource News

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Continental Coal
On track to commence 2012 production at its third operating coal mine to enter play in under two years in South Africa’s major coal fields ... Full article
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Equatorial Resources
Africa continues to transform into iron ore’s next major frontier with plans in place for the development of several new multibillion tonne projects. And as ... Full article
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Manitou
Mining isn’t for the faint-hearted and when a company embarks on a tough project, on unforgiving terrain, it needs to know that the machines being ... Full article
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The Problem with Australia’s Skill Development Efforts
Jody Elliott, director of The Resource Channel, shares home truths and practical steps in combating Australia’s much-discussed (yet under-addressed) workforce shortages in construction, resources and ... Full article
Excelsior Gold
Excelsior Gold Limited’s Kalgoorlie North Gold Project already houses over 723,000 ounces of diverse gold resources, but the team is just getting started as it ... Full article
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Intec Ltd.
Chloride hydrometallurgical technology innovator Intec Ltd. has applied its patented process to projects from spent pickle liquor recycling and the processing of copper-gold concentrates to ... Full article
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ADX Energy
By ensuring it adds value to all of its projects, ASX-listed exploration firm ADX Energy has been setting high standards in the Strait of Sicily, ... Full article
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IRJ Interviews: Investment management insights on gold
IRJ Investigates the WAY Charteris Gold Fund with Mark Williams, investment manager at Charteris Treasury Portfolio Managers Ltd. of London, U.K.At London-headquartered Charteris ... Full article
IRJ Onsite: The Oil Council World Assembly 2011
Convening over 900 oil and gas industry and investment heads, more than 65 speakers and 40-plus industry partners at The Oil Council’s London-held ... Full article
BME Global
Saudi Arabia’s Presidency of Meteorology and Environment (“PME”) and The Saudi Environmental Society (“SENS”), backed by business events and consultancy multinational BME Global Ltd (“BME”), ... Full article
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Al-Tuwairqi
Founded in 1977 on the brink of Saudi Arabia’s steel manufacturing surge and since proving to be a leading entity as growth has ensued, the ... Full article
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Dharan Techno-Valley
To the south of the Saudi Arabian city of Dammam is a centre of scientific learning that is extending the boundaries of technological ... Full article
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IRJ Interviews: Canada’s biggest bear - Eric Sprott
Eric Sprott tells Anna Guy why silver is “the investment of the decade”Fear is once again gripping financial markets around the globe. When this ... Full article
Oh, Nevada: The best gold address in the U.S. has most certainly still got it
It’s the land of vast open pits, heavy duty heap leaching and millions upon millions of ounces in gold and silver production per ... Full article
Paramount Gold & Silver
U.S. gold explorer/operator Allied Nevada Gold Corp. is big news. Its wholly-owned Hycroft gold mine near Winnemucca is on track towards near-tripling 2009 ... Full article
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IRJ interview: The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA)
Hugh Williams, chief executive of The International Marine Contractors Association (“IMCA”), talks asset threatening events, IMCA’s imminent safety seminar in Brazil, and fostering international industry-wide ... Full article
IRJ investigates - Roll call 2012: Leading Brazil’s 2012 Corporate Sustainability Index
The sustainability tag may be embedded in vague common parlance (irritatingly) in some respects, but it takes more than green grandstanding and sweeping declarations for ... Full article
Offshore Brazil’s pre-salt story: Exploration & tech investments in 2012
Tales of discovery from Brazil’s offshore pre-salt (or pré-sal) territories were ten-a-penny in 2011, and considering the 109 oil discoveries made worldwide in the first ... Full article














