With 61,500 new operational jobs expected in the Australian mining sector by 2015, as well as tens of thousands more in the construction stages, the industry is facing a skills shortage that far exceeds that experienced in the boom period of 2003 to 2008. There are ...
The future of Indian mining has been cast into the unknown after widespread illegal practices and money swindling on a massive scale were ruthlessly exposed, late July. During an investigation into the activities at a resource-rich southern state, Judge Santosh Hegde concluded that illegal extractions had ...
Last month Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez announced plans to nationalise the South American country’s gold mining industry and said that gold reserves held abroad would be brought home.Chavez said that the reserves would be safer in Venezuela than in countries facing mounting debt worries such as ...
In the April issue of IRJ, we introduced you the Mining Industry Human Resources Council (MiHR), the sector council for the Canadian minerals and metals industry, and MiHR Innovate, the latest resource developed by the Council to share knowledge and effective HR practices and initiatives. With ...
Encapsulating Arabian mining
On July 6, news broke that government-owned mining major, Arab Mining Company (“ARMICO”) has purchased a 10 per cent stake for $37.3 million in Al-Masane Al-Kobra Mining (AMAK); the joint stock company owned by mining conglomerate Arabian American Development Company. One month later, on August 4, ...
On July 6, news broke that government-owned mining major, Arab Mining Company (“ARMICO”) has purchased a 10 per cent stake for $37.3 million in Al-Masane Al-Kobra Mining (AMAK); the joint stock company owned by mining conglomerate Arabian American Development Company. One month later, on August 4, ...
The emerging Pacific Rim miner
The world-class Isabel nickel-cobalt laterite deposit in the Solomon Islands has been a great subject of interest for many years. Plenty of major mining houses have done their level best to secure ground there, but none have been successful like Axiom Mining (ASX: AVQ)which, with the ...
The world-class Isabel nickel-cobalt laterite deposit in the Solomon Islands has been a great subject of interest for many years. Plenty of major mining houses have done their level best to secure ground there, but none have been successful like Axiom Mining (ASX: AVQ)which, with the ...
Iron men
It’s not work for the faint-hearted but Bellzone has iron-ore exploration in its blood and keeps breathing new life into the industry with a potent combination of traditional knowledge, reliable systems and space-age wizardry.There is an ancient saying in mining and, roughly translated, it goes something ...
It’s not work for the faint-hearted but Bellzone has iron-ore exploration in its blood and keeps breathing new life into the industry with a potent combination of traditional knowledge, reliable systems and space-age wizardry.There is an ancient saying in mining and, roughly translated, it goes something ...
Scratching the surface of Canada’s newest mining hotspots
Golden Band Resources (GBN:TSX.V) is perhaps one of Canada’s biggest mining stars in a little known but highly prospective gold region in Saskatchewan. GBN has brought the spotlight back on the La Ronge gold belt in Northern Saskatchewan when in January 2011, it poured its first ...
Golden Band Resources (GBN:TSX.V) is perhaps one of Canada’s biggest mining stars in a little known but highly prospective gold region in Saskatchewan. GBN has brought the spotlight back on the La Ronge gold belt in Northern Saskatchewan when in January 2011, it poured its first ...
Into production: Australia’s next multi-asset must-buy
Since listing on the ASX in February 2010, Kimberley Metals Limited (ASX: KBL) has, in the words of executive chairman Jim Wall, “been growing like crazy.”On the brink of going into production with 4,000 to 5,000 tonnes of copper per annum from its Mineral Hill (copper-gold-silver) ...
Since listing on the ASX in February 2010, Kimberley Metals Limited (ASX: KBL) has, in the words of executive chairman Jim Wall, “been growing like crazy.”On the brink of going into production with 4,000 to 5,000 tonnes of copper per annum from its Mineral Hill (copper-gold-silver) ...
Going for gold in Australia’s junior mining sector
It goes without saying that having tripled in price since 2008 and recently rocketed up more than US$1,700 an ounce, these are good times for gold. Plenty of parties including miners and investors have looked to gain exposure to its bull run in the past year or ...
It goes without saying that having tripled in price since 2008 and recently rocketed up more than US$1,700 an ounce, these are good times for gold. Plenty of parties including miners and investors have looked to gain exposure to its bull run in the past year or ...
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