The Minerals Council of Australia (MCA) says the current debate over regulation of Australia’s ports runs the risk of missing the fundamental point in addressing the systemic failures in Australia’s minerals export corridors. MCA Chief Executive, Mitchell H Hooke, said “the debate should be about the efficiency and effectiveness of the export infrastructure system - […]

Kentor Gold has lodged prospecting licence applications for five areas in the Kyrgyz Republic considered to be prospective for geothermal energy of the hot fractured rock type analogous to the Cooper Basin. The exploration target in each area is hot fractured granite with temperatures in excess of 250°C. Should the exploration programme be successful, the […]

On April 10, Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour and Congressman Roger Wicker joined other state officials yesterday to kick off the Silverado Green Fuel Demonstration Project with a ground-breaking ceremony at the Red Hills EcoPlex site in Ackerman, Mississippi, USA. The $26 million project is designed to use the state’s vast supply of low-rank coal reserves […]

Solid global demand and high prices coupled with a strong operating performance in challenging conditions resulted in a third successive year of records earnings and cash flow, the chairman of Rio Tinto Paul Skinner told the annual meeting of shareholders in London today. “Our performance reflects the underlying quality of our asset portfolio which has […]

IronPlanet (www.ironplanet.com) auction bidders bought more than $42.6 million in equipment in the first quarter 2007, a growth of more than 30% over the same period last year. The company reports that it averaged more than 6,700 viewers per auction and more than 41 bidders per item. Auction items also averaged bidders from more than 16 […]

There is growing interest in nickel heap leach opportunities, and Cortona Resources is just one company advancing this technology. In September 2006, Cortona announced a nickel laterite resource at Black Hill in the North Monger project, 40 km southeast of Kalgoorlie, Western Australia. The inferred resource is estimated to be 30 Mt at 0.64% Ni. […]