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Silver mine creditors owed $16m

November 13, 2008 12:19:00

Administrators for a silver mine near the Queensland-New South Wales border say creditors are owed about $16 million.[MORE]

Tags: company-news, mining, silver, texas-4385, toowoomba-4350

Silver mine to slash jobs

November 5, 2008 10:36:00

Administrators say the work force at a cash-strapped silver mine near the Queensland-New South Wales border will be slashed from 80 to 12.[MORE]

Tags: mining, unemployment, work, silver, texas-4385, toowoomba-4350

Silver miner appoints administrators

November 4, 2008 09:00:00

A Queensland-based silver mining company has fallen victim to the unrest in global financial markets.[MORE]

Tags: company-news, economic-trends, mining, silver, mackay-4740, texas-4385, toowoomba-4350

Rann rejects BHP mine expansion doubt

September 17, 2008 08:01:00

The SA Premier rejects doubt expressed about proposed expansion of the Olympic Dam mine.[MORE]

Tags: gold, mining, labor-party, liberal-party, copper, silver, iron-ore, uranium-mining, sa, adelaide-5000, port-augusta-5700, roxby-downs-5725

Iraqis spend millions on silver to fix Shiite shrine

August 28, 2008 08:21:00

Iraqis have bought millions of dollars worth of silver from Swiss dealers to refurbish a shrine to a revered imam in the holy Shiite city of Karbala, an official said.[MORE]

Tags: business-economics-and-finance, industry, community-and-society, religion-and-beliefs, islam, silver, iraq

Court clears way for merger between Zinifex and Oxiana

June 20, 2008 19:00:00

The proposed merger between major Tasmanian miner Zinifex and Oxiana has passed its final hurdle.[MORE]

Tags: business-economics-and-finance, company-news, industry, gold, mining, regional-development, law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, takeovers, copper, silver, rosebery-7470

Mine prospect may prove bigger than expected

June 17, 2008 13:00:00

A mining exploration company says an initial gold, copper and silver prospect near Monto could have more than three times the amount of reserves than it first found.[MORE]

Tags: gold, copper, silver, bundaberg-4670, monto-4630

Gold Coast company announces first silver sale

October 31, 2007 13:12:00

A Gold Coast-based mining company has announced the first sale of silver from its Twin Hill mines.[MORE]

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Townsville police recover stolen silver

October 3, 2007 07:20:00

Townsville police in north Queensland are warning residents to lock up their valuables after $70,000 worth of silver was stolen from a home earlier this week.[MORE]

Tags: police, burglary, silver, qld, townsville-4810

Miner considers silver mine expansion

September 27, 2007 10:29:00

Resources company Macmin will conduct more tests to see if it is worth expanding its silver mine near Texas in southern Queensland.[MORE]

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Newmont: Resources boom to continue for 20 years

August 6, 2007 13:40:00

A leading mining figure has told delegates at Kalgoorlie's annual Diggers and Dealers mining forum the resources boom will continue for two decades.[MORE]

Tags: gold, mining, oil-and-gas, steel, trade, silver, iron-ore, wa, kalgoorlie-6430

Equipment, recruitment woes delay silver mine

August 2, 2007 12:35:00

Equipment failure and recruitment problems have delayed full-scale production at the Twin Hills silver mine near Texas, in southern Queensland, by up to three months.[MORE]

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Joint venture to explore near NSW-SA border

July 31, 2007 13:32:00

Field works for an exploration venture by Minotaur and Sumitomo will be starting soon.[MORE]

Tags: mining, silver, lead, broken-hill-2880, port-pirie-5540

Silver mine production under way

April 13, 2007 14:05:00

Full-scale production has begun at a new silver mine in Queensland's border region.[MORE]

Tags: mining, silver, texas-4385

New lease on life predicted for Broken Hill

April 4, 2007 13:42:00

Another major mining development for far west New South Wales has been forecast with discoveries at the Pinnacles Mine, 15 kilometres west of Broken Hill.[MORE]

Tags: gold, mining, copper, silver, lead, broken-hill-2880