A new publication by the International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM) - Good Practice Guidance on HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria - provides mining and metals company managers with practical information for disease management. … Read more here: ICMM guidance on HIV/Aids TB and malaria

This book covers the fundamental concepts of data mining, to demonstrate the potential of gathering large sets of data, and analyzing these data sets to gain useful business understanding. The book is organized in three parts. … More: Advanced Data Mining Techniques

Prague - New World Resources NV (NWR), the owner of the Czech Republic’s largest coal mining company, said Thursday. Read the original here: Czech coal mining company quadruples net profit

ArcelorMittal is buying an iron ore mining operation in Brazil, and will develop a new port near Rio de Janeiro to export the ore to its steelworks in the Atlantic basin. It will pay $810m for London … See original here: ArcelorMittal eyes 10m t/y from new Brazil iron ore mine

United Kingdom - * Copper lower on macroeconomic concerns, falling …Forbes,?NY?- 4 minutes ago”While some currency pressure may remain we see copper, nickel and aluminium prices rising on a recovery in Chinese demand.” Lead gained for a second … Excerpt from:United Kingdom - * Copper lower on macroeconomic concerns, falling … - Forbes

Gold Reserve Inc., which has seen its share price decimated by the revocation of a gold mining permit in Venezuela, rejected a takeover proposal yesterday from Rusoro Mining Ltd. valuing the company at about $90-million. See the rest here: Gold Reserve rejects Rusoro takeover letter; Battered miner …

Canadian firm Iberian Minerals has initiated a public tender to acquire the 8.09% stake it does not already hold in Peruvian firm Condestable. Iberian is offering Peruvian Sole 9.67/share for up to 3.47 M shares, totalling Sole 33.6 M . … Excerpt from:Iberian launches public offer for Condestable minority shares: Peru.

Canadian firm Largo Resources issued the results of the feasibility study on the Gulcari A deposit at the firm’s Maracas vanadium-PGM property in northeast Brazil’s Bahia state on 13 Aug 2008. Under a calculated $271 M initial capital . … View original here: Largo Resources announces feasibility study results for Maracas …

Canadian miner Pan American Silver registered a 16% year on year increase in net income in 2Q 2008 to $21.4 M on sales totalling $104 M, up 31% due to stronger silver prices, higher copper and lead concentrate shipments and stronger … Original post: Pan American 2Q 2008 profits up 16% at $21.4 M: regional.

Canadian miner Kinross Gold registered a 7.7% decline in output in 2Q 2008 to 406032 ounces of gold equivalent from 439783 ounces year on year, due in part to the poorer grades at the La Coipa mine in Chile and at the firm’s operations … The rest is here: Kinross 2Q 2008 output dips partly on [...]