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Russian steelmaker MMK is to buy Australian group Flinders Mines for an agreed $538 million to boost mining operations and stabilize supply: IMMDH – International Mineral Mining Development Holdings

Australia is a leading player in many segments of the global mining industry. Owing to its substantial deposits, the country possesses an array of minerals including iron ore, nickel, bauxite, copper, gold, silver, uranium, diamonds, zinc and coal.

Nautilus Minerals has revealed new mineral resource estimates following a successful exploration drilling campaign at its tenements in the Bismarck Sea off Papua New Guinea.

Thousands of Peruvians are protesting a $4.8 billion open-pit gold mining project, the largest in the country's history, as they fear it will damage their water supply. International Mineral Mining Development Holdings believes that small to mid-scale sustainable mining practices are the responsible way forward.

International Mineral Mining Development Holdings Report The Australian parliament's lower house has passed divisive laws for a profit tax on mining companies.

DuraLabel has launched a new portable, battery-powered, fully integrated label printing system called Toro. The DuraLabel Toro combines a full-sized flip-down keyboard, large 9-inch easy-to-read tilting touch screen, OSHA-ANSI compliance software and a thermal-transfer printer into one durable, mobile standalone unit.

A Promising technological development from a small Silicon Valley company could increase global lithium production and International Mineral Mining Development Holdings believes that Simbol Materials could hold the key to economically viable lithium production.

Rare earth stocks have struggled in recent weeks on disappointing earnings reports in the industry. Big companies including MolyCorp are formulating plans to increase production and bounce back from losses.

CCM’s Phosphorus Industry China Monthly Report indicates that China encourages low grade phosphorus ore exploitation.

The Company has embarked on a due diligence program of bringing its accounts up to date with its pink sheets listing The Company has extinguished a majority of it’s debt, as further described below.

On or September 01. 2011, Numis Network is going to start the pre-launch in the United Kingdom. The official launch will be on November 1st. Numis Network is pioneering the sale of graded, silver and gold numismatic coins through the network marketing industry.

GlobalData's mining industry offering, "Australia Coal Mining Market Overview and Forecast to 2020: Trends, Fiscal Regime, Major Projects, and Competitive Landscape" provides a comprehensive understanding of the Coal mining industry in Australia.

GlobalData's mining industry offering, "Kazakhstan Coal Mining Market Overview and Forecast to 2020: Trends, Fiscal Regime, Major Projects, and Competitive Landscape" provides a comprehensive understanding of the Coal mining industry in Kazakhstan.

GlobalData's mining industry offering, "Venezeula Iron ore Mining Market Overview and Forecast to 2020: Trends, Fiscal Regime, Major Projects, and Competitive Landscape" provides a comprehensive understanding of the Iron ore mining industry in Venezeula.

GlobalData's mining industry offering, "Brazil Iron ore Mining Market Overview and Forecast to 2020: Trends, Fiscal Regime, Major Projects, and Competitive Landscape" provides a comprehensive understanding of the Iron ore mining industry in Brazil.

GlobalData's mining industry offering, "Sweden Iron ore Mining Market Overview and Forecast to 2020: Trends, Fiscal Regime, Major Projects, and Competitive Landscape" provides a comprehensive understanding of the Iron ore mining industry in Sweden.

A and S Fabrications (Leeds) Ltd are pleased to announce work has started on their new website steelfabricatorleeds.co.uk.

With increasing demand from construction sector and favorable government support, India stainless steel production will surge at a CAGR of 6% FY 2009 and FY 2013, says RNCOS in its latest research report.

It is projected that the growth will be slower than previous estimation, however; the domestic demand will grow with reconstruction activities, says RNCOS.

Astra Mining, an Australian diversified mining company, has released new technical and economic data for its revolutionary T-Steel product.

Regent Steel & Engg. Co, Mumbai whole heartedly announces its redesigned official business website with the addition of some extremely valuable pages, encompassing some new product categories that will be of extremely beneficial to our customers.

According to our new research report, “European Aluminium Market Analysis”, Europe has emerged as one of the world’s largest manufacturing base for the aluminium industry owing to large production capacities across the European countries. In 2010, Europe remained the second major producer of primary aluminium and its production is also increasing. Moreover, the Europe primary aluminium production is anticipated to grow at a CAGR of around 8% during 2011-2013.

According to our research report, “Indian Steel Industry Outlook to 2012”, Indian manufacturing sector witnessed a rapid growth during the past few years. The sector has emerged as one of the major consumer of steel in the recent past. Industrial equipments or capital goods, packaging, and consumer durables are some of the key sub sectors under this segment. Moreover, rising demand from end consumers and broadening industrial base will also boost the steel demand in this sector. We expect that the steel consumption in the country will surge at a CAGR of around 7% during FY 2012-2014.

Respondents identify China as the most important region for growth among emerging markets, along with India and Brazil. In 2011 China is likely to grow rapidly due to strong market potential, sufficient labor resources and sound corporate governance. Demand for metals is also likely to increase in line with the country’s manufacturing and infrastructure industries. Furthermore, the Indian mining industry grew at a rate of 4–5% during 2008–2010 and is expected to grow further in 2011. Brazil has vast mineral resources and primarily produces metals such as niobium, iron ore, tin and gold, and the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) is expected to grow by more than 5% in 2011 as a result of domestic demand. Countries such as Argentina, Vietnam and Saudi Arabia are identified as markets with lower growth potential when compared to China, India and Brazil.”

With rapid increase in demand and rise in investment from various industrial sectors, the US crude steel production will surge at a CGR of around 4.6% during 2011-2014, RNCOS acknowledged.