OilResources.com Goes Live: Commodity Watch Launches A Dedicated Website To Cover The World’s Smaller Oil & Gas Companies

Another Commodity Watch PLC production hits cyberspace! Oilresources.com went live on Tuesday 19th August, after a gradual buildup of content on our alternative power website, Poweralternatives. The new website aims to provide a

Corriente Resources Sits Astride One Of The Biggest Undeveloped Copper Belts In The World, And Is Ready To Move To Production

When money talks, politicians listen. …in the end. This is borne out by taking a look at the way successive UK political parties have given honours to donors to party funds. In mining it works two ways. When producers appear to

Spitfire Resources Looks For A Quick Fire Start On Its Manganese And Coal Projects In Australia

Any company that boasts a share price that is the same now as when it listed in December 2007 has clearly got something going for it. A sad reflection of the market, but a positive comment on the state of play at Spitfire

Northern Lion Gold Looks For A Reason to Roar

Located 64 kilometres south of Turkey and 97 kilometres west of Syria, Cyprus is the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea and is considered largely under-explored, despite a history of mineral exploitation that dates

As Commodities Tumble, The Dollar’s Strength Isn’t All Bad News: It Presages Stronger Growth

At the end of last week sterling had fallen for 11 days in a row, taking the pound to its lowest level against the dollar for two years. Although the UK economy certainly has its problems, the shift was more about a strong dollar

What Now Australia? China?... Or Bust?

What have we learned from this year’s Diggers and Dealers? For one thing, the mood grew visibly more downbeat as the week went on. Diggers is up there in the first rank of international mining conferences, but this year, as the

With The Help Of Some Powerful Backers, Highland Gold Is About To Be Catapulted Into The Big League

When Roman Abramovitch invested US$400m into Highland Gold Mining in December 2007 it was fair guess that it was not just to get a 32 per cent stake in a 150,000 ounce a year gold producer. As Minews listened to Henry Horne,

Commodities…Buy the Dips!

The commodity bull market has a long way to go. This bull market is not magic. It's not some crazy "cycle theory" I have. It does not fall out of the sky. It's supply and demand. It's simple stuff.

That Was The Week That Was ... In London

London’s quoted mining companies put in a confused performance this week, as sentiment towards equities improved somewhat. That helped some of the larger and more liquid stocks, but there was also downward pressure as commodity

That Was The Week That Was … In Canada

Minews. Now over to our Canadian Correspondent to see how the Canadian markets performed over the past week.

CC. The price of oil and gold continued to fall and that prompted yet another sell off of the resource-rich Canadian

That Was The Week That Was ... In Australia

Minews. Good morning Australia, another tough week at the office?

Oz. It certainly was, especially for smaller companies with low cash reserves and no immediate prospect of generating earnings from mining. To put it bluntly,

Zambezi Resources Drops Everything To Focus On Kangaluwi

The liquidity crisis is now forcing explorers to make some tough decisions as to exactly which sweets in the shop they want to buy. Many companies are now facing the problem of having a limited amount of money to spend on a

Eastern Platinum Offers Many Attractions To A Chinese Bidder

With Xstrata’s offer for Lonmin on the table, now’s a good time to take a close look at Canadian and Aim-listed Eastern Platinum (EastPlats), which has developed rapidly into a mid-tier platinum producer in South Africa.

On The Spot Report: Russians Torch Crops And Kill Livestock In Georgia

Bringing the crops through to harvest is difficult enough this century. Weather patterns have created havoc for farmers the breadth of the globe. For the Georgia farmers for whom, against the trends elsewhere, growing conditions

Roman Abramovitch Steps Into The Picture As $240 Million Rolls Into The Coffers Of Cape Lambert

The Bird’s Nest stadium in Beijing has nothing on the “Bird in the Hand” display last week from Cape Lambert Iron Ore. While billions of viewers gawked at the remarkable opening of the Olympics in the world’s most remarkable

StrataGold Corp.

Phase II drill program recommended for BRL Venture, Guyana

MERCATOR GOLD PLC

RESIGNATION OF CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

EMED Mining Public Limited

BIELY VRCH GOLD EXCITING INTERCEPT - 460 METRES AT 1.1G/T

INTERNATIONAL BARYTEX RESOURCES LTD.

Shituru Project Update. IBX appoints Director of Operations

Banro Corp.

Banro intersects 29.00 metres grading 5.59 g/t Au, 7.70 metres grading 18.58 g/t Au and 13.50 metres grading 9.14 g/t Au in Pre-Feasibility Drilling at its Namoya Gold Project

Herencia Resources plc

Latest Drilling Returns High Grades at Depth at Paguanta

Beowulf Mining PLC

JORC Resource on the Ruoutevare Project, Sweden

Gemfields Resources Plc

Opening of Cutting & Polishing Facility

Ariana Resources PLC

LICENCE ACQUISTIONS AND TRANSFERS UPDATE

Altona Resources Plc

Signs MOU with CNOOC (Beijing) Energy Investment Co., Ltd

Banro Corp.

Banro Files NI 43-101 Technical Report on Twangiza Pre-feasibility Study

Cabo Drilling Corp.

Cabo to Drill 30,000 Meters on Labrador Iron Mines's Schefferville Project and Grant Employee Stock Options

Formation Capital Corporation

Formation Capital and Idaho Conservation League Reach Agreement on Conservation Program

GREYSTAR RESOURCES LTD.

Greystar Launches Feasibility Study

Zambezi Resources Limited

Dispatch of Rights Issue Prospectus

London Mining Plc

SUSPENSION OF TRADING IN LONDON MINING SHARES

Apex Minerals NL

Spectacular drilling results expand and upgrade mineralisation in East Lode Open Pit, Wiluna

Kentor Gold Ltd

Khantau IOGC Project Geological Data

ALKANE RESOURCES LIMITED

Significant Gold Results Extend McPhillamys Mineralisation

Avocet Mining PLC

SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION IN HEDGE POSITION - INCREASED EXPOSURE TO LONG TERM SPOT PRICES