2009 will see the political consequences of the global credit crunch start to have an impact on mining and natural resource companies, according to the 16th annual Political Risk Map, launched today by Aon Risk Services. In a global webcast, Aon’s political risk and trade credit experts discussed how the economic instability caused by the […]

Current and repeated supply bottlenecks of imported energy in the EU underline the necessity, noted in the European Commission’s current energy strategy, to maintain and further develop coal as a substantial component of Europe’s energy mix, explained the new President of the European Association for Coal and Lignite, EURACOAL, Petr. Pudil, after his election in Brussels. […]

World’s highest royalty on metals mining, which is threatened, would make US operations noncompetitive; threaten mining-dependent communities throughout the American West. The following statement was released today by National Mining Association (NMA) President and CEO Hal Quinn upon the introduction of legislation to amend the General Mining Law by House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Nick J. […]

Carlson Software’s Natural Regrade land reclamation software won a Silver Award in the Services Category of Intermat’s Innovation Awards. The official awards ceremony will be held during the 2009 Intermat exhibition, April 20 to 25 at the Nord Villepinte Exhibition Centre in Paris. Carlson Natural Regrade gives all faced with disturbed lands an affordable and natural […]

International Mining’s March issue will focus on  maintenance - considering whether it is best, in open pits, to work on machines in the shop or in the field. The article will also focus on fuel and tyre management, and look into plant maintenance. That same month (March 9-10 in Vancouver), Infomine, through its EduMine program, presents […]

East Asia Minerals (EAS) believes that the changes proposed under the new Indonesian Mineral and Coal Mining Law are largely positive for the company and considers that Indonesia’s new mining law is a globally competitive framework within which to operate. “It will provide the company with excellent security of tenure, and a well defined framework within which to grow […]