The latest issue of International Mining Project News is now available (May 23). In addition to almost 35 feasibility and prefeasibility studies, it reports on some 40 projects in development and notes a higher than normal number of new mines going into production over the past two weeks. Big news is Couer d’Alene Mines noting [...]

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Canada is closer to signing a free trade deal with Peru, an agreement that would open up more South American export opportunities for the country’s mining suppliers. Peru is already a strong trade and mining partner with Canada, but Canadian mining companies should find doing business in Peru easier once Canada’s proposed free trade agreement (FTA) [...]

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“Demand for US coal will reach a new record in 2008 despite a lagging domestic economy,” National Mining Association (NMA) President & CEO Kraig R. Naasz said upon release of the NMA’s mid-year forecast for coal demand and production. “Throughout 2008, coal will continue to supply 50% of the electricity generated for America’s power grid. Coal [...]

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A groundbreaking youth program in the remote communities of western South Australia is promising to become a model for resources companies wanting to genuinely connect with their Indigenous neighbours. That is the outcome already from the program in just its first few months of early work. An initiative of Adelaide-based energy company Beach Petroleum and [...]

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Australian coal plant engineering company Sedgman has made a strategic investment in clean coal technology company Exergen, which has developed a novel process for removing moisture and contaminants from brown coal. Sedgman’s Managing Director Peter Hay said the technology had been successfully trialled at a pilot facility at Beaconsfield in northeast Tasmania. “This technology has some [...]

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