Palamin to spend R200m on studies to boost copper reserves, iron-ore output
[12-21-2007]
JSE-listed Palabora Mining (Palamin) has approved R200-million for a study of additional underground copper reserves (R150-million) and a prefeasibility study into expanding iron-ore outputt, the firm said in a statement on Thursday. "Having stabilised the underground operati......

Iron ore shipments were down in August
[12-21-2007]
Iron ore shipments in August on the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway system fell 4.5 percent from a year ago, according to the Lake Carriers' Association. August shipments were 6.2 million net tons compared to 6.5 million net tons in August 2006. For the year, Great Lake......

Hampton Hill Mining Announce Iron Ore Drilling By Midwest Corporation On JV Tene
[12-21-2007]
Perth, Dec 6, 2007 (ABN Newswire) - Midwest Corporation Limited has announced an $11 million accelerated drilling program for the Weld Range Direct Shipping Iron Ore Project which will include substantial initial drilling within tenements contained in Hampton Hill Mining's (A......

Lakes/Seaway ore trade off 4.5 percent in August.
[12-21-2007]
Cleveland---Shipments of iron ore on the Great Lakes/St. Lawrence Seaway system totaled 6.2 million net tons in August, a decrease of 4.5 percent compared to a year ago. Loadings trailed the 5-year average for August by 91,000 tons. The dredging crisis and falling water leve......

Four Ore Sites to Be Sold on Yamal
[12-21-2007]
SALEKHARD, December 6. /FIS/ Four auctions will be conducted in the next few months in the Shuryshkarsky district of the Yamal-Nenets autonomous district. Three of the four sites to be put for bidding are solid mineral sites - copper-molybdenum and copper-cobalt ore sites and o......