Votorantim to Explore for Zinc, Nickel in Bolivia Next Year

Votorantim Metais, Latin America’s biggest producer of non-ferrous metals, will start exploring for new deposits of zinc and nickel in Bolivia in 2007 after prices for the commodities surged this

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Offshore drilling deal eludes lawmakers

Hopes that the U.S. Congress will allow more oil and natural gas drilling off the nation’s coast this year dimmed on Wednesday, as a deal to reconcile key sticking points

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Steelmakers Ask Regulators to Investigate Iron Ore and Coking Coal Prices Increase

The increase in coking coal prices and iron ore has affected the production cost of steel making. Steel manufacturers struggling to get policies from several mining companies for iron ore

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British Mining Firm To Explore Gold, Copper Sites In Cordillera

Anglo American PLC Group, the world’s fourth-largest diversified mining group, is exploring copper and gold deposits in several areas of Cordillera region, a ranking official of the company said today.

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Rio Tinto Consider Joint Venture With Ivanhoe Mines To Continue Copper and Gold Mining Project in Mongolia

Rio Tinto Ltd/Plc is not planning to delay construction of the Oyu Tolgoi copper and gold mining project in Mongolia, denying media reports it was considering such a move

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