Hundreds of thousands of South African precious metals ounces are at risk as the ongoing power problems in the country have come to a very serious state. Electricity supplier Escom no longer has sufficient capacity to meet demand and is having to make cutbacks and reduce its exports of electricity to neighbouring countries. Mineweb reports that gold [...]

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Amid the stock market doom and gloom, mining predictions remain good. When could we last make comments like that?
US coal production in 2008 will be near the record set in 2006, defying a slowing economy, said the National Mining Association (NMA) in its annual forecast for coal.  NMA also forecast record demand in 2008 for [...]

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If all the hot air generated on climate change and the best course for future energy supplies were able to be harnessed then we would have no worries about future energy supplies. Coming from a perceived position of weakness (because the unenlightened still believe coal to be ‘dirty’) the coal industry talks some of the [...]

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Banro has increased Measured & Indicated mineral resources by 23% at Twangiza to 3.9 Moz. This is one of four Banro projects on Twangiza-Namoya gold belt in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The belt is over 200 km long, running south from Twangiza, south of Bukavu on the southern tip of Lake Kivu. This great [...]

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With a global exploration expenditure of over $8 billion in 2007 and a budget of some $10 billion this year, drilling companies are posting great results these days. Exploration (drilling, sampling and surveying) is feaured in the February issue of International Mining. The issue will also feature an interview with Boart Longyear’s CEO, Paul Brunner.
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