MAG Silver Corp. to List on the American Stock Exchange Under the Symbol “MVG”

MAG Silver Corp. (TSX VENTURE: MAG)(AMEX: MVG) announces that the Company has received formal approval to list its common shares on the American Stock Exchange (“AMEX”). The AMEX has advised that the approval is contingent upon the Company being in compliance with all applicable listing standards on the date it begins trading on the Exchange, [...]

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Chinese Demand Coal and Iron Ore Effect Australian Mining Boom

Australian Mining Boom Stokes Profits, Narrows Record Deficit
Australia’s mining boom, stoked by Chinese demand for coal and iron ore, helped boost company profits by the most in more than seven years and narrow the nation’s current account deficit from a record.
Company profits advanced 14.3 percent in the second quarter, more than six times the 2.3 [...]

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Mining Investment and Trend Gold Prices : Gold and Other Precious Metals and Minerals Review

After rising by more than 40% in 2009, gold prices faced strong resistance at the USD1,200 per oz level during January 2010. At that stage, prices corrected moderately as investors’ risk appetite increased in response to gradual improvement in global economic conditions. The sharp rise in gold prices over prior months, set against the prospects [...]

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Korea needs to prepare for global LNG war

What is it? Where does it come from? Korea recently celebrated its national Independence Day, but how can Korea provide for its own energy independence given that we as a nation are energy resource poor? Korea uses nuclear, hydropower, coal, oil and natural gas as its five primary forms of energy.
Every part of Korean life [...]

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County Should Challenge State’s Mining Permit: Our View: Portland Cement’s Lease Diminishes Value of Land Nearby That Pima Bought As Part of Desert Conservation Plan

Mining activities generally make a mess of the landscape. It doesn’t matter whether the target of the mining is copper, limestone or calcium carbonate. The end result is like a wound that won’t heal and continues to affect everything around it.
Most of us enjoy the end result of mining — cars that run, roads that [...]

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