JAKARTA, Jan 7 (Reuters) - Indonesia's biggest coal miner, PT Bumi Resources Tbk, said on Wednesday it has agreed to buy a 44 percent stake, worth $218 million, in PT Darma Henwa Tbk., a mining operator which has contracts with Bumi. Indonesia's Bakrie & Brothers, which was the main shareholder in Bumi, said last month it had reduced its stake in the firm as part of its debt restructuring. The ...

ICS Copper Systems Ltd. Following an evaluation of the NI 43- 101 Report prepared by Coffey Mining on the sulphide mineral resource, and a verbal report from Coffey Mining on the oxide drilling program, the Board is of the opinion that the grade and the tonnage of the sulphide resource and oxide deposit will not support a mining operation and that further drilling will not significantly ...

TORONTO----Kinti Mining Limited is pleased to announce receipt of positive and encouraging data from a radiometric airborne survey of its Itigi Manyoni Uranium Prospect, located southwest of the town of Manyoni in Tanzania.

COLSTRIP - The waste dumped in the bottom of a pit mine east of Colstrip did not violate state regulation, the Department of Environmental Quality has found. But the landowner on whose property the garbage was piled contends the action violated his property rights.

White Energy Coal North America, Inc. , a subsidiary of White Energy Company Limited , today announced that it has entered into an agreement with Buckskin Mining Company relating to WECNA's development of a coal upgrading facility in the Powder River Basin near Gillette, Wyoming.

Central Sun Mining Inc.(TSX: CSM)(TSX: CSM.WT)(NYSE ALTERNEXT US: SMC) and Linear Gold Corp has scheduled a conference call for analysts and investors on Tuesday, January 6, 2009 at 2 p.m. to provide an update on the merger details.

Normabec Mining Resources Limited(Frankfurt: N6M) is pleased to announce the first results from its fall drilling program on the Pitt Gold property, located along the Porcupine-Destor Break, some 35 km north of Rouyn-Noranda, in the Abitibi region of Quebec.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA-- - Far West Mining Ltd. is pleased to report the acquisition of 55 additional exploration claims in Chile. The claims are located to the north and northeast of the Santo Domingo property.

American Bonanza Gold Corp. announces that it has completed the sale of the Taurus Property to Hawthorne Gold Corp. and on December 31, 2008, received 6.75 million common shares of Hawthorne, representing 12.7% of the outstanding shares of Hawthorne.

It's been off limits in Virginia since the 1980's, but uranium mining is once again being looked at in Virginia. Virginia's Coal and Energy commission wants to study whether uranium can be mined safely in the Commonwealth.

With standing room only, one by one locals approached the podium to address the Uranium Mining Sub-Committee.

Silver Falcon Mining, Inc. begins working on its 2009 business plan, approved by its Board of Directors.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA-- - Far West Mining Ltd. is pleased to report the acquisition of 55 additional exploration claims in Chile. The claims are located to the north and northeast of the Santo Domingo property.

North Bay Resources Inc. ("North Bay" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has acquired a 100% undivided interest in the North Star Silver Property in southeastern British Columbia, Canada.

White Energy Coal North America, Inc. , a subsidiary of White Energy Company Limited , today announced that it has entered into an agreement with Buckskin Mining Company relating to WECNA's development of a coal upgrading facility in the Powder River Basin near Gillette, Wyoming.

Some say uranium mining could provide hundreds of jobs in our region. Others say it will ruin the environment. The practice was outlawed in the Commonwealth 25 years ago, but a growing interest in renewable energy has caused some to reconsider the idea.