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Galaxy Resources Opens Lithium Mine Project at Ravensthorpe in Western Australia


Australia mining companies will make lithium mining exploration in Ravensthorpe, Western Australia. Ravensthorpe mine in the area once used by the mining company BHP Billiton nickel mine exploration, but exploration of nickel mines closed, so that people in the Ravensthorpe area lost their jobs.

CGE Participated In Joint Venture Agreement Underground Coal Gasification In Mongolia


Project underground coal gasification in Mongolia will be undertaken by a joint venture company. The project will explore coal 1.8 billion tons of coal deposits in Mongolia. Companies that participate in coal gasification projects, among others : Yusenjiayu Beijing Environmental Protection Technology, Inner Mongolia, Xin Gu Goldbridge Mining and Energy Clean Tech.

Chilean Senator Proposes Government Control of Lithium Deposits


A Chilean senator is urging the country to take control of its lithium deposits as demand surges for the raw material used in electric car batteries.
Senator Ricardo Nunez, a member of the Chilean socialist party and the Senate Mining and Energy Committee,

Rio Tinto Group Estimates Iron Ore Production Rose 7.5 Percent


Largest mining company Rio Tinto would predict an increase in iron ore demand from steel makers. Therefore, Rio Tinto will increase iron ore production of 7.5 percent. Rio Tinto iron ore will produce up to 210 million to 215 million metric tons in the second and third quarters. Production of iron ore was sourced from [...]

Caza Gold Corp. To Purchase Gold Mining Exploration Property in Chihuahua, Mexico From Exmin Resources


Caza Gold Corp. announces that it has entered into a formal agreement to purchase two gold exploration property packages located in Chihuahua, Mexico from Exmin Resources Inc.
The Company is purchasing Exmin’s 100% interests in 49 mineral properties totalling 47,433 hectares, known as the Moris Exploration properties, in the Moris gold district of western Chihuahua where [...]

Oyu Tolgoi Copper-Gold Project : Mongolian Delay Approval Copper-Gold Project Investment, Rio Tinto and Chinalco Reconciliation


Mongolian government has delayed approval to invest U.S. $ 6.8 committed to developing exploration projects of copper-gold mining Oyu Tolgoi. Mongolian government refusal to open the opportunity for Rio Tinto and Chinalco to resume reconciliation talks the two mining companies.

EPA to Delay Mountaintop Coal Mining Exploration Permit in Appalachia


President Barack Obama’s administration put the brakes on 79 applications for surface coal mining permits in four states Wednesday, saying they would violate the Clean Water Act.
The action is the administration’s latest attempt to curb environmental damage from a highly efficient but damaging mining practice known as mountaintop removal. Each permit likely would cause significant [...]

Mining And Investment Company GCM Resources Affirmed Commitment To Develop Phulbari Coal Project


GCM Resources, the mining and investment company behind the Phulbari Coal Project in Bangladesh which promises to ease the energy needs of the country, reasserted its commitment to the project.
Reporting on its progress during the year to June 30th 2009, GCM said that last year’s parliamentary elections in Bangladesh had triggered renewed efforts to get [...]

China Overseas Iron May Meet 20% of Needs by 2015


China may double the proportion of domestic iron-ore demand supplied by Chinese-owned mining assets abroad to about 20 percent in five years as the country’s steelmakers step up acquisitions, Goldman Sachs JBWere Pty’s Paul Gray said.