Posts Tagged ‘energy’

- The Company is pleased to announce that its Chairman and COO , Joseph K. Kahama, has been elected to Chair the Tanzania Chamber of Minerals & Energy whose mandate is Full story

We are live blogging from Day Two of the Vancouver Resource Investment Conference. The show floor was quiet when I arrived at 8:30 this morning, with exhibitors not arriving until 9:30 Full story

Mining is fueled by investors and the lure of the next lucky strike. Here are some of the investment writers we like to follow, subscriber-based newsletter writers, as well as bloggers, speakers and news publications. The list is a personal selection. Full story

Despite calls for the death of the gold bull market, the precious metal managed to climb $21 higher on Tuesday to settle above the $1,600 psychological level.  The U.S. dollar declined as the euro sustained a move above $1.30.  While many expect today’s European Central Bank loan offering to add some form of stability to the euro zone, investors are still remaining cautious Full story

Jorge Humberto Merino, an engineer who worked for the Peruvian government agency that promotes foreign investment, was sworn in as the new mines and energy minister last night amid a mining crisis that has the country under state of emergency since Dec. 4. Full story

BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA–(Marketwire – Dec. 7, 2011) -  Intrepid Mines Limited (TSX:IAU)(ASX:IAU) (“the Company”) reports that assay results from drilling completed in the last six months around the known porphyry copper-gold zone of the Tumpangpitu area of the Tujuh Bukit Project in Indonesia have been incorporated to deliver an expanded Inferred Resource estimated at 1.7 billion tonnes at 0.41% copper and 0.46 g/t gold, at ... Full story

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Nov. 3, 2011) -   Goldstrike Resources Ltd. Full story

Newmont Mining announced on Wednesday protesters are now allowing access to the Yanacocha gold mine in northern Peru. A local paper reported protesters decided to remove roadblocks following an agreement with the mines ministry and regional authorities. Full story

Adelaide Now reports BHP Billiton wants to "future-proof" its massive Olympic Dam project, including using driverless haulage trucks and this week put out a recruitment ad for an executive to oversee the high-tech initiative. The system would mean operators can be in a control room on the site or even in the comfort of a city office hundreds of kilometres away. Full story

TIMIKA (INDONESIA) A STRIKE at Freeport McMoRan’s huge gold and copper mine in eastern Indonesia has slashed production by 230,000 tonnes a day, the energy and minerals ministry said on Friday. The production cut at the mine in eastern Indonesia’s Full story