New Zealand coal producer, Solid Energy is to survey potential land-based carbon dioxide (CO2) storage sites in Otago and Southland, a project that is part of a 20-year, NZ$100 million investment the company is making in clean coal technology. Over the next six months, in the first stage of the survey, the company will carry […]

A placement to institutional investors has raised A$11 million for Terramin Australia as this emerging zinc producer works to accelerate development of its flagship projects in Algeria and South Australia. Proceeds raised will be used for working capital, and in particular to fund:

Rapid advance of the infill diamond drilling and prefeasibility programme underway at the […]

October 17 saw the official opening of the DBT offices in Ostrava, permanently representing the company in the Czech Republic. DBT mining technology is already well known in the mines of that country. DBT has supplied Czech coal mines with longwall technology since the 1970s. The new office has the goal of further strengthening DBT’s […]

In a hard hitting press release, Norddeutsche Affinerie says the dramatic rise in electricity prices compels it to reconsider the future viability of its energy-intensive production sectors. “The possibility of closing down particularly energy-intensive sectors, such as the secondary smelter (RWN) in Hamburg, until such time as the company’s own SF power plant is commissioned […]

Dr. Dirk Van Zyl, Director of the Mining Life-Cycle Center and Professor and Chair of Mining Engineering at the Mackay School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno has been chosen to receive the prestigious Dr. Adrian Smith International Environmental Mining Award. The award will be presented at the Industry Outlook Luncheon on […]

GMA Resources reports good progress with construction of the Tirek/Amesmessa gold project in the far south of Algeria. GMA owns 52% of ENOR, the Algerian operating company for Tirek/Amesmessa, with the remainder owned by Sonatrach, the Algerian state-owned oil and gas company.
This is just one of the projects in the November 12 edition of International […]