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| Aker Kvaerner awarded Palmarejo Mining project |
| 25 March 2008 |
| Aker Kvaerner has been awarded a contract to perform construction management of the Palmarejo Mining Project for Coeur d'Alene Mines Corporation |
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| Strike ends at Sasol |
| 25 October 2007 |
| Sasol Mining reported an end to the twelve day long strike at Sasol Mining in Secunda |
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| Adelaide Resources holds uranium interests |
| 24 October 2007 |
| Adelaide Resources Limited will not proceed with the proposed float of Eyre Energy Limited but retain the uranium interests in the parent company |
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| Proto considers Tasmanian nickel project |
| 2 August 2007 |
| Proto JV with Metals Finance Corporation for pre-feasibility study and possible development of mine and processing facility |
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| Indian metals group joins SA iron ore search |
| 1 August 2007 |
| Lincoln Minerals announced an exploration and investment agreement with an Indian metals group that will boost the SA explorer's search for iron ore near Port Lincoln |
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| Metallica sells coal assets |
| 30 July 2007 |
| Cockatoo has purchased Metallica's two coal subsidiary companies which hold it's south-east Queensland coal assets |
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| Hydro joins new alumina project in Brazil |
| 23 July 2007 |
| Hydro and Brazilian mining company CVRD have signed an agreement to develop a new alumina refinery in northern Brazil |
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| GE Energy's Jenbacher gen-sets for Australian mine |
| 6 July 2007 |
| APT Petroleum Pipelines Holdings installing a 33-megawatt on-site power plant featuring GE Energy's Jenbacher generator-sets at Xstrata Mount Isa mine |
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| Global Nickel IPO and JV |
| 3 July 2007 |
| Global Nickel Investments $3 million Initial Public Offer, also plans joint venture with Cazaly Resources Limited |
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| BHP sells Koornfontein mine |
| 2 July 2007 |
| BHP Billiton sells mine together with coal terminal entitlement to an entity controlled by a black economic empowerment (BEE) consortium |
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| Matilda's first shipment of concentrate |
| 20 June 2007 |
| Australia's newest mineral sands producer Matilda Minerals sends its first shipment to China today |
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| Drilling to commence on Eyre Peninsula |
| 20 June 2007 |
| Lincoln Minerals received SA Government approval to commence a major aircore and reverse circulation drilling program on southern Eyre Peninsula, South Australia |
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| Major Chinese investment in Queensland's Metallic Minerals |
| 1 June 2007 |
| Metallica Minerals Limited has executed a share subscription agreement with the Yunnan Tin Australia Investment Holding Company |
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| New Brazilian gold mine for Troy |
| 21 May 2007 |
| Troy Resources expects its Andorinhas mine to be in production by the end of the year |
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| Crossland-Centram JV expands uranium search |
| 17 May 2007 |
| JV set to acquire nearly 5,000 square kilometres of highly prospective uranium tenements in Burkina Faso, west Africa |
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| QGM enters uranium sector |
| 26 April 2007 |
| Queensland Gold and Minerals in exploration joint venture agreement with Canada's Mega Uranium |
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| Matilda to explore new ground Cape York, Nth QLD |
| 18 April 2007 |
| Access agreement allows Matilda Minerals to search for mineral sand deposits on the Cape York coastline near Weipa in north Queensland |
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| Premium zinc product for Terramin |
| 18 April 2007 |
| Testing of the Tala Hamza zinc deposit indicates the zinc project has the potential to generate good recoveries of premium grade concentrate |
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| ADV reports strong gold mineralisation in Saudi Arabia |
| 16 April 2007 |
| Significant high-grade gold assay results from ongoing drilling targeting the near-surface oxide zone of its Jabal Sayid Copper-Gold Project in Saudi Arabia |
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| Aggreko powers construction of copper mine in Chile |
| 4 April 2007 |
| Biggest copper producer signs 17-month contract for the supply of a 5MW power package for the construction of Gaby mine in northern Chile |
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| BHP Billiton opens Spence Project |
| 25 March 2007 |
| BHP Billiton Chief Executive Officer, Chip Goodyear officially opens the Spence copper cathode operation in northern Chile |
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| Chinese invest in Cape Alumina |
| 16 March 2007 |
| Chiping Xinfa Huayu Alumina Co Ltd has completed the payment of $4.625M to Metallica Minerals Limited to acquire a 10 per cent stake in Queensland bauxite company, Cape Alumina Pty Ltd |
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| New uranium discovery by Eromanga in South Australia |
| 9 March 2007 |
| New uranium exploration approach unearthed a previously unknown and unexplored palaeochannel system stretching more than 100 kilometres in length in the far north of South Australia |
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| Latest uranium ASX listing follows rapid capital raising |
| 8 March 2007 |
| Curnamona Energy Limited announced plans for a trial treatment plant which could lead to another in-situ leach uranium operation in South Australia |
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| New uranium mine in South Australia |
| 14 February 2007 |
| Curnamona Energy Limited announced plans for a trial treatment plant which could lead to another in-situ leach uranium operation in South Australia |
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| Metallica raises $2.5 million from exercise of options |
| 9 January 2007 |
| Queensland Gold and Minerals Limited will list on the Australian Stock Exchange after raising $4 million for a comprehensive exploration program |
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| Queensland Gold & Minerals to list oversubscribed |
| 2 January 2007 |
| Metallica Minerals Limited has raised $2.5 million through the conversion by investors of listed and unlisted options in the diversified Brisbane-based resource company |
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| Beverley uranium mine eyeing Petratherm's hot rock source |
| 1 November 2006 |
| Beverley uranium mine in South Australia may take future electricity supplies from a geothermal source in South Australia |
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| China takes stake in S.A. gold-uranium explorer |
| 25 October 2006 |
| CITIC group takes 7.5 per cent interest in Adelaide-based gold and uranium explorer, Southern Gold Limited |
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| Discovery Nickel's Botswana copper project viable |
| 14 September 2006 |
| Assessment shows Maun Copper Project in north-west Botswana could support a viable open pit mine at the project's existing mineralisation grades of 1.2 per cent copper |
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| Aker Kvaerner wins project at Aguas Tenidas mine in Spain |
| 11 September 2006 |
| The scope includes engineering, procurement, commissioning and construction management services |
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| Monax Mining appoints base metals expert |
| 7 September 2006 |
| Company appoints base metals expert as it prepares to accelerate exploration work on its promising Bonaventura lead-zinc project on Kangaroo Island, Adelaide |
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| IC2 Global wins exploration licence |
| 7 September 2006 |
| An exploration licence has been granted for its magnetite Victory Bore project in Western Australia |
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| Centrex commences first drilling on Eyre Peninsula iron ore project |
| 6 September 2006 |
| The 14,000 metre reverse circulation exploration and resource definition drilling program has been scheduled by newly-listed Centrex Metals |
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| Metallica's Heap Leach Nickel Project |
| 23 August 2006 |
| Pre-feasibility Study of NORNICO Heap Leach Nickel Project in North Queensland after international engineering consulting firm finds proposal 'technically robust' |
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| Terramin green light for $60 million Angas Zinc Project |
| 18 August 2006 |
| Terramin Australia Limited awarded Mineral Lease by South Australian Government to develop $63 million Angas Zinc Project, south of Adelaide |
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| Metallica Minerals eyes Chinese bauxite market |
| 18 August 2006 |
| Started ground preparations for a 580 hole drilling programme on its Cape York Peninsula bauxite project with the goal of outlining an initial resource of up to 100 million tonnes for surging Chinese market |
