MINING.com Editor, Author at MINING.COM

Nevsun achieves commercial production at Bisha

Mining Weekly reports on the Vancouver-based company’s significant milestone: completing the project “very substantially” below its $260-million cost target, according to CEO […]

MINING.com Editor | February 23, 2011 | 11:19 pm

Rio Tinto in talks to sell $340m talc business

Diversified mining giant Rio Tinto has received an offer for its talc business from French minerals group Imerys, which is valuing the unit […]

MINING.com Editor | February 23, 2011 | 11:06 pm

Sirius Minerals planning huge potash mine in Yorkshire, UK

A giant mine on the coast of Yorkshire “will unearth billions” of pounds of potash, according to a report in The Scarborough […]

MINING.com Editor | February 21, 2011 | 7:35 pm

European consortium researching underground coal gasification in Bulgaria

Bulgaria’s largest privately owned gas company, Overgas Inc. AD, acting in a consortium of partners from five European countries, has signed an […]

MINING.com Editor | February 21, 2011 | 6:58 pm

Rusal Trails Alcoa With Owner’s $12.8 Billion Snub to Investors

Bloomberg News reports: United Co. Rusal, the biggest aluminum producer, is trailing Alcoa Inc. and all other peers as billionaire founder Oleg Deripaska snubs […]

MINING.com Editor | February 18, 2011 | 10:49 pm

Pro, anti uranium forces butt heads in Australia

Pro and anti-uranium mining unions are marshalling forces in Queensland, Australian Mining is reporting. On the pro-side, the article says that the Australian Worker Union (AWU) will lobby governments to expand mining and overturn bans. On the other side, the Electrical Trades Union (ETU), which mostly represents electrical, communications and power industry workers, says it will oppose the expansion of uranium mining in Australia, citing safety concerns around exposure to radiation.

MINING.com Editor | February 18, 2011 | 10:41 pm