EMED Mining sets out drilling plans for Rio Tinto Copper Mine

Strategic Natural Resources (LON:SNRP) , the AIM listed mining group behind the development of the Elitheni coal project in South Africa, is set to launch a new drilling and exploration programme in April. The company has earmarked around US$2.5 million to the work with the aim of increasing and improving the resource categorisation across all of its various rights areas.

The U.S. mining industry was dealt a devastating blow as Kennecott Utah Copper’s Bingham Canyon Mine experienced a pit wall failure causing a massive landslide with rocks and dirt covering the bottom of the mine pit. It’s a miracle no one was hurt due to the vigilance of its owner, Rio Tinto.

By Frank Holmes:The U.S. mining industry was dealt a devastating blow as Kennecott Utah Copper's Bingham Canyon Mine experienced a pit wall failure causing a massive landslide with rocks and dirt covering the bottom of the mine pit. It's a miracle no one was hurt due to the vigilance of its owner, Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO).

HudBay Minerals Inc., the third-best-performing Canadian mining stock this year, is willing to spend as much as 20 percent of its C$1.97 billion ($1.97 billion) market value on deals to replenish its development pipeline. The copper and zinc producer, which expects to more than quadruple copper output by 2015, will capitalize on a “buyers’ market” for mining assets as small companies struggle to raise funds and larger competitors consider sales, Chief Executive Officer David Garofalo said yesterday.

LONDON (Reuters) - Rio Tinto <RIO.L> sacked chief executive Tom Albanese on Thursday and revealed a $14 billion writedown in connection with his two most significant acquisitions, Mozambican coal and the Alcan aluminum group.

Trefis submits: The Australian diversified mining giant Rio Tinto (RIO) has recently struck a deal with Australian Pacific Coal Limited to invest in its coal project in eastern Australia’s resource-rich Bowen Basin. The project is currently under development. Rio Tinto has operations across six continents, but primarily focuses its operations in Australia and Canada.

Ortac Resources (LON:OTC) , the AIM quoted gold exploration and development company working in Slovakia, has launched a drilling campaign at its Kremnica gold project. The programme is scheduled to involve 5,000 metres of diamond drilling and is being carried out in tandem with a scoping study of the project.Kremnica already boasts a JORC-compliant resource of 1.1 million ounces of gold but Ortac now wants to take closer look at areas of the deposit where there is currently little or no information.

AIM quoted mining company Highland Gold Mining (LON:HGM) has announced positive results from its ongoing exploration programme at Unkurtash in Kyrgyzstan.