THE world economic crisis could translate into an infrastructure crisis for the state's mining sector according to the Queensland Resources Council.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA-- - Selkirk Metals Corp. is pleased to report the second set of assay results from the ongoing diamond drilling program from underground at the Ruddock Creek Property, located 100 km north-northwest of Revelstoke in the Kamloops and Revelstoke Mining Divisions, British Columbia.

Oct. 30 (Bloomberg) -- AngloGold Ashanti Ltd. , the world's third-biggest gold producer, said a worker died in an underground accident at its Obuasi mine in Ghana on Oct. 25.

BILLINGS - The global economic sickness is hitting one of the largest and best-paying employers in the region. Russian mining giant Norilsk Nickel is offering to sell its majority shares in Billings-based Stillwater Mining Co. for less than it paid in 2003 to take effective control of the company.

We walk an ancient path along the top of an escarpment above the Loire Valley. Below us, the silver-grey river hugs the town of Chinon then curls away into the distance. Chinon, with steep grey slate roofs jigsawed together, looks medieval.

Blue Note Mining Inc. reports that it has intersected a significant width of mineralization during the course of its underground drilling program at its Caribou mine, located near Bathurst, New Brunswick.

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BILLINGS - The global economic sickness is hitting one of the largest and best-paying employers in the region. Russian mining giant Norilsk Nickel is offering to sell its majority shares in Billings-based Stillwater Mining Co. for less than it paid in 2003 to take effective control of the company.

InSeT Systems, an Akron company with a new way of locating underground miners, is featured in the November issue of Inc. In a regular finance feature, the magazine pitched the company to three investors for advice.

Bucyrus saw surface mining sales rise 42.2% as global mining demand remained strong.