Canada's Uranium One approves new mine in Australia
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Canadian miner Uranium One said it had approved Australia's fourth uranium mine, the Honeymoon project in the South Australian outback.
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Teck Cominco, a mining company and metals producer, has agreed to buy Aur Resources for 4.1 billion Canadian dollars ($3.9 billion) in cash and stock.
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MOAB, Utah  - Utah mining prospector Kyle Kimmerle has more than a hunch that uranium will make him rich. It is a conviction so strong he has bet his house on it.
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The government on Thursday approved a new generation of nuclear power stations, describing evidence in support of the move as "compelling", the energy minister said.
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Leaders from Russia and Australia signed a deal Friday to export Australian uranium to fuel Russian nuclear reactors, but promised it would not be transferred to Iran's disputed atomic program.
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The Chinese firm, Minmetals, owned by the Chinese government, has taken over the biggest mining company in Canada, Noranda Mining.
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BEIJING (CP) - Canada and China have signed agreements to share their knowledge of natural resources industries.
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Australia is considering whether to match a controversial US nuclear deal with India to allow Canberra to sell uranium to the New Delhi government, Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said.
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SYDNEY: BHP Billiton said it has approved a copper project in northern Chile costing 990 million US dollars and the expansion of its iron ore operations in Western Australia.
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The Australian government said it would not block Anglo-Swiss mining giant Xstrata's hostile takeover bid for WMC Resources despite opposition within its own ranks at giving a foreign company control of the world's largest uranium deposit.
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A study conducted by Indonesia's Environment Ministry has determined that Denver-based Newmont Mining Corp. did not pollute the waters near its gold mine in North Sulawesi province despite complaints from villagers that they had been sickened by waste dumped in the bay near where they live.
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HAMISH ROBERTSON: China&#39;s enormous appetite for raw materials to fuel its economic boom is continuing to have spin-offs for Australia, with a new mining deal announced between the two countries.
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The Australian Government says it will try to encourage some of its northern neighbours to sign up to the Ottawa convention banning landmines.
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MONTREAL/LONDON  - Anglo-Australian miner Rio Tinto Ltd/Plc  offered $38.1 billion to buy Canada's Alcan Inc in an agreed deal to create the world's No. 1 aluminum producer, trumping a hostile bid by Alcoa Inc
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Australia could start exporting uranium to China within months and expects to corner about a third of the market for Beijing's giant nuclear power programme, a senior official said.
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MONTREALâAlcan Inc. has given the green light to a $1.3 billion (US) expansion of an alumina refinery in Australia&#39;s Northern Territory.
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Goldcorp Inc., Canada&#39;s fourth-largest gold producer, has agreed to buy Wheaton River Minerals Ltd. for $1.8 billion in stock, giving Goldcorp its first assets outside of North America, Chief Executive Robert R. McEwen said.