Chromite is a mineral that gives stainless steel its shine. It's also become the latest example of a phenomenon well-known to anyone who plays in the sketchy world of Canadian mining stocks: the ...

What is really of national security interest to the U.S. in the Caucasus and Central Asia? One of the latest WikiLeaks cables purports to answer that question, identifying "critical infrastructure and ...

LOGAR, Afghanistan — Somewhere in the Logar mountains, overlooking the highway to Kabul, Asadullah Massoud trudged up to a four-story-tall cleft. Before him was a monochromatic pattern of gray stone, ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Cliffs Natural Resources has won a bidding war to buy Freewest Resources Canada, a company that has discovered large chromite deposits in Canada. Cliffs announced plans to buy ...

Sukinda Chromite Mine (SCM) of Tata Steel located in Odisha’s Jajpur district has bagged 5 awards including Par Excellence award as the best mine amongst participants of the state from Indian Bureau ...

PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court on Thursday stopped the director general mines and minerals from auctioning and allotting 224 acres of chromite mines in Kohistan district over a plea challenging the ...

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - July 27, 2009) - The Directors of PROBE MINES LIMITED (TSX VENTURE:PRB) ('Probe') are pleased to provide Shareholders with visual results from the continuing summer ...

Kendrapada: Kidney ailments seem to be stalking Jajpur district’s Sukinda block. Apparently chromite mining has been responsible for two deaths on an average every month this year. On Saturday, ...

The Company announces that its South African subsidiaries, International Ferro Metals (SA) (Pty) Limited (“IFMSA”) (in business rescue) and International Ferro Metals SA Holdings (Pty) Ltd ("IFMSAH") ...

Production has been at 1 to 1.1 million tonnes (mt) over the past 4 to 5 years. The Mines Ministry report, reviewed by businessline, is based on the production, export–import and other parameters ...