Xstrata Copper and Gold Mining Project in the Philippines US$2bn

Global mining group Xstrata, which has coal and alloys operations in South Africa, on Wednesday confirmed that its US$2bn Tampakan copper and gold mining project in the Philippines had been

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Balochistan wants 20pc share in petroleum firm

The Balochistan government has begun negotiations with the federal government to acquire 20 per cent shareholding in the Pakistan Petroleum Limited and 25 per cent shares in all other concession

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Acquires Uranium/Copper Mineral Property in Elliot Lake Camp

Sarissa Resources, Inc. (SRSR) announced that it has acquired a Uranium/Copper mineral property in the Elliot Lake Camp in Albanel Township, situated in Northern Ontario. This property represents approximately 480

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BG Group Agree Supply Liquefied Natural Gas for China National Offshore Oil

BG Group said Wednesday that it agreed to supply China National Offshore Oil Corp., or CNOOC, 3.6 million tons of liquefied natural gas annually for the next 20 years, in

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Push to stop mountaintop mining gets no traction

What Truman Hurt describes sounds like the scene from a war zone: Distant explosions, dust plumes rising skyward, sudden jolts that rattle dishes and knock pictures off walls.
But the eastern

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