Selwyn Resources says of the zinc market: “One message is clear, most analysts are in agreement that post 2011, zinc supply will be in shortfall and higher prices are on the way. Macquarie (April 2008) has forecast a rise in zinc price to $1.50 some time in the next five years; some of us think it […]

A new publication by the International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM) - Good Practice Guidance on HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria - provides mining and metals company managers with practical information for disease management. Aimed at managers and health practitioners, the Guidance seeks to increase their understanding of the individual diseases, and also their interactions, in […]

A new report reveals previously unpublished information about a young but burgeoning multi-million pound global industry operating at the heart of corporate trust: CSR report assurance. The report also contains new statistics about the mining and metals industry. Assure View finds that of all the mining and metals companies who publish CSR reports, 18% have […]

Arch Coal’s Thunder Basin Coal Co achieved a first place finish in the 28th Annual International Surface Mine Rescue Competition held in Campbell County, Wyoming, August 21-23. A total of 12 teams from the USA and Canada participated in the three-day event hosted by the Powder River Basin Safety Association and the Campbell County Fire […]

Innovations in iron ore (different approaches to mine development and new technologies) is one of the key articles in IM’s September issue (currently at the printer). Hot news, too late to include, is the potential of the new integrated Oakajee port and rail infrastructure project to be maximised through a new governance framework, proposed by OPR […]

Inmet Mining and Petaquilla Copper (PTC) have signed a letter agreement pursuant to which PTC’s board of directors has agreed to unanimously support a revised offer by Inmet to acquire all the outstanding common shares of PTC. The Minera Petaquilla Copper Project in Panama has been ranked as one of the top five copper projects in […]