Posts Tagged ‘north-america’

FLSmidth has been awarded a contract worth approximately $82 million from the company Allied Nevada Gold to supply equipment and services for its major Hycroft gold mine expansion. Hycroft is located about 200 km north-east of Reno, Nevada. Full story

Balmoral Resources Ltd. today reported drill results from 9 holes collared on the eastern portion of the Company’s Martiniere Property, part of the Company’s Detour Gold Trend Project in Central Quebec. Full story

Bellhaven Copper & Gold (CVE:BHV), a Canadian exploration company operating in Panama and Colombia, received a 10.2% equity interest investment by IAMGOLD Corporation which will subscribe for eleven million units of Bellhaven at C$0.55 per unit. In mid-October IAMGOLD (TSE:IMG) said it was going start investing in new companies that would complement its core strengths, established relationships with foreign governments and working experience in Africa ... Full story

Lawyers for an environmental group and Native American tribes trying to block another expansion at one of the biggest gold mines in North America say the U.S. Full story

ELKO - Kinross Gold Corp. has been named to the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index for the first time Full story

Denver-based Newmont Mining Corp. announced Monday that it was named to the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index for the fifth consecutive year. The sustainability index includes some 300 global companies identified as leaders in the areas of  sustainability and economic, environmental, safety and social performance. Full story

PHOENIX, ARIZONA--(Marketwire - Sept. 6, 2011) - VIKING MINERALS INC (OTCBB:VKML) ( www.vikingmineralsinc.com ) reports up to 5.23% copper from its first five assay results at the Dolly Varden Claims, in Elko County, Nevada. The five samples were shipped to the ALS Chemex lab in North Vancouver, Canada. Full story

According to reports more than 7,000 workers from Freeport McMoRan's massive gold and copper mine in Indonesia's western Papua region started a week-long strike on Monday to demand better wages. The Grasberg mine is the richest gold and third largest copper mine in the world and and the US company's local subsidiary is the largest single taxpayer to the Indonesian government. AFP reports: Papua, a ... Full story

Barrick Gold Corporation (NYSE:ABX) is the world’s largest pure gold mining company and is headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Full story

Commodity markets (70) Prices (101) Financial markets (254) Financial services (294) Economy (777) Industries (3297) Business (6205) Places: New York (1321) United States (25976) North America (26138) NEW YORK — Gold and silver prices fell Full story