Greg Wilkins, President and CEO of Barrick Gold, is to succeed Pierre Lassonde as Chairman of the The World Gold Council (WGC) with immediate effect. Commenting, Wilkins said: “This is an exciting time for the gold industry and I feel honoured to be given the opportunity to play a part in driving the WGC’s mandate to […]

Intrepid Mines and Emperor Mines have confirmed that Emperor has today lodged with the Australian  Securities and Investments Commission a copy of the Court order of the Brisbane Registry of the Federal Court made on March 10 approving the scheme of arrangement relating to the proposed merger of Emperor and Intrepid. The scheme of arrangement is now […]

Stillwater Mining Co has reinforced the message from parent MMC Norilsk Nickel on March 3, when it announced that, “following a comprehensive study involving independent consultants and the Palladium Alliance International, a decision has been taken to plan and implement a market development program for palladium jewellery.” Norilsk Nickel, the largest producer of palladium, will […]

Rio Tinto Alcan announced today at the TMS 2008 Conference in New Orleans, USA that it has begun development on the next generation of its AP Technology series. To be called AP-Xe, this new technology could potentially lead to a step change in energy consumption of up to 20% along with a reduced environmental impact […]

RBCCM hosted its Second Annual Diamond Conference, Towards A Brighter Future, in Toronto on March 6. Altogether, 11 companies presented (six currently under coverage by RBCCM), including: BRC DiamondCore, Harry Winston Diamond Corp, Pangea DiamondFields, Shore Gold, Vaaldiam Resources, Gem Diamonds, Namakwa Diamonds, Petra Diamonds, Rockwell Diamonds, Stornoway Diamond Corp and WWW International Diamond Consultants.
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Mine Site Technologies and its distributors for eastern US, CSE Corp, have completed the latest demonstrations of the Two-Way PED System in West Virginia. Undertaken at Patriot Coal’s Federal No.2 Coal Mine, the demonstrations (messaging between surface and underground) were witnessed by Peabody Energy personnel, as well as representatives from Consol Energy, MSHA and NIOSH. Federal […]