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BHP Billiton is set to stay on top
It’s the world’s largest mining company: fact. The Aussie-Anglo mining giant, BHP Billion, The Broken Hill Proprietary Company, (LSE: BLT, NYSE:BHP, NYSE:BBL, ASX:BHP) has incredible assets spanning iron ore, silver, copper, nickel, uranium, aluminium, manganese, coal, diamonds and petroleum. It has over 40,000-staff in 100 operations spread over 25 countries
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Increasing project value with west African iron ore and gold prospects
African Aura Mining Inc. has had plenty of good news to celebrate of late. The company has recently made several development announcements, all signalling growth of their key projects. African Aura is an established TSX and AIM listed gold and iron ore development company, and has concentrated their
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Real Rare Earth’s Production Potential for 2013
While many miners may be turning attention to rare earth elements these days, there are likely only a small handful of companies that really have what it takes to master production of the resource within this coming decade. There are only four in fact, according to Steve Ward, Managing Director
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The Advantage in Greenland
While there may only be as few as a couple of explorers really doing grassroots exploration in Greenland today, IRJ has managed to track down the one which looks particularly special. Avannaa Resources, the Denmark-based junior explorer, stands out on a number of fronts. Firstly, its exclusive focus on greenfields
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Thinking 'Big' in Cameroon
Today Legend Mining, an ASX-listed junior headquartered in Perth, Western Australia, has one of those company-making projects that every junior explorer wants to have on its asset register, and it all started with a cup of coffee between friends. Mark Wilson, Legend’s Managing Director, met with one friend, a broker,
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Progressing well towards production in PNG with Marengo Mining
Here at IRJ we’ve been keeping tabs on Marengo Mining, the ASX and TSX-listed small cap Australian miner, since the company first graced our pages in October, 2009. And as Les Emery, Marengo’s founder and Managing Director rightly says, “when things are going according to plan, no one seems as
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Focused on production in the Philippines
Since completing a merger with the Philsaga Mining Corporation on December 4, 2006, Medusa Mining, an expanding gold producer listed on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX;MML), London AIM (AIM: MML) and Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: MLL), has continued a promising sole focus on operations in the Philippines. This merger brought
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The face of New South African PGM Promise
The new mining laws written in South Africa in 1991 accompanying the demise of apartheid were formed with companies like NKWE Platinum Limited—an ASX-listed emerging PGM exploration and development major—in mind. The new laws, which prioritised a “use it or lose it” principle, forced mining companies to either prospect their
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A rite of passage in Australia’s Gold Industry
Located 30 kilometres north of Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, is the Paddington Gold Mine. It’s somewhat of a rite of passage for many working in Australia’s gold mining industry today, as Mark McCauley, CEO at Norton Goldfields, Paddington’s owner, says that, “most people that are associated with the Australian gold industry
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The Future OF PGM Production
In the words of Robert Mosig, CEO and Managing Director of Platina Resources Limited, the ASX-listed, Queensland based PGM and gold exploration/development company, “We’re running on three legs.” By legs, Mosig is referring to three projects in Platina’s portfolio, and three pretty sturdy ones at that.In December last year, Mosig
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