Minera San Jorge SA, a subsidiary of Canadian group Coro Mining, has filed an action to have a recently passed Provincial Act in Mendoza, which prohibits the use of toxic substances including sulphuric acid in any metalliferous mining, declared unconstitutional.
The legal process in Mendoza, Argentina, involves the presentation of the action directly to the Provincial […]

The 12th North American Mine Ventilation Symposium will be held at John Ascuaga’s Nugget Casino Resort in Sparks, Nevada, US, June 9-11, 2008 - http://www.unr.edu/ventsymp2008. The deadline for paper abstracts (300-word limit)is August 1, 2007
In addition to topics listed below, authors are encouraged to submit papers for the 2008 symposium specific to the […]

The Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) acted Thursday to enforce a persona non grata order against Billy Rautenbach, the Zimbabwean entrepreneur. He was arrested in Katanga Province and subsequently deported to Zimbabwe.
A press statement from Moise Katumbe Chapwe, Governor of Katanga, said “Rautenbach had amassed a large number of mineral and other […]

London-based chrome and nickel mining and processing company Oriel Resources has made the initial sale of high carbon ferrochrome (HC FeCr) product from the Tikhvin smelter plant, Russia and has signed a long term off take contract for the purchase of chrome ore product from the Voskhod chrome project, Kazakhstan. Tikhvin’s initial batch of saleable HC […]

Exhibitors at AIMEX 2007, both large and small, are planning some major product releases at the exhibition. The event - Asia Pacific’s international mining exhibition, is being held at Sydney’s Olympic Park (Australia) from September 4 to 7, 2007. IM is attending the event and also reporting on Australian suppliers in its August issue
The exhibition […]

Cardero Resource’s exploration partner, Hochschild Mining has requested Cardero to exercise its option from the underlying vendor (Stenfield Minera) and complete the purchase of Los Manantiales property (formerly “Mina Angela”) on behalf of the partnership 12 months ahead of schedule. Some impressive polymetallic finds have been made there. Hochschild Mining elected to make both the $150,000 […]