International Mining, is debating international project studies in the December 2007 issue, with contributions being lined up to keep the debate going in 2008. We welcome further comment, here or send to john@im-mining.com.
Dorothy Kosich, on Mineweb, recently noted that Haywood Securities’ Kerry Smith has suggested the suspension of the Galore Creek copper-gold-silver project due to [...]

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 A new mining safety record has been set by De Beers Finsch diamond mine, a mine that is the feature of an Operations Focus article in the January 2008 issue of International Mining.

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RBC Capital Markets,held its annual Global Gold Mining Conference in London, November 15.  The conference brought together senior executives from the industry’s leading exploration, mining and production companies, together with institutional investors from across the world. Opening the conference, Anthony S. Fell, Chairman, RBC Capital Markets commented: “The timing of this conference is excellent; we have [...]

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Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama said last week that he does not support Mining Law reform legislation recently approved by the House of Representatives and expressed his desire to work on compromise legislation that provides economic certainty for domestic mineral producers and prevents the export of American jobs and industries.

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The DRC Ministry of Mines today noted “the recent speculation concerning the outcome of the Licence Review Commission. The speculation is not based on any official document, but on a leak of an early draft from within the Commission. The government deplores the leaking of this draft and the uncertainty that it has understandably created.”

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