Posted on March 23, 2012
A gas explosion ripped through a coal mine in Northeast China's Liaoning province Thursday, killing at least five people and trapping 17 others, the national work safety watchdog said.
Posted on February 8, 2012
The Zambian government says it plans to put in place a policy that will compel mining firms to list on the local bourse to enhance citizens' participation in the country's mineral wealth, the Zambia Daily Mail reported on Tuesday.
Posted on October 1, 2011
Seven people were killed and one injured in a coal mine explosion in Central China's Hunan province Thursday evening, local work safety authorities said Friday. The explosion occurred at about 7 pm Thursday at the Qiyi Coal Mine in the city of Changning.
Posted on September 24, 2011
The body of the last miner trapped in a flooded coal mine in northeast Heilongjiang province one month ago has been recovered, said a spokesman with the local rescue headquarters on Friday.
Posted on September 23, 2011
The Mongolian Cabinet Office would ask Canadian and Australian mining companies to renegotiate the Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold mining agreement, local media reported Thursday. Chimed Khurelbaatar, chief of the Cabinet Office of Mongolia, was assigned to
Posted on September 21, 2011
Power shortages plagued many of China's provinces earlier this year and are likely to return this winter as coal prices soar and some power plants find it difficult to store coal, an industry expert said.
Posted on August 27, 2011
China's coal mine safety watchdog said on Friday it had completed a manned experiment of a permanent underground chamber that can shelter miners in case of an accident as part of its efforts to reduce mining casualties.
Posted on August 26, 2011
Ten people were confirmed dead and three others injured in two unrelated coal mine accidents on Thursday in east China, local authorities said.
Posted on August 26, 2011
As of the end of July, work safety authorities had shut down 1,289 coal mines in the nationwide crackdown on illegal production at coal mines, Zhao Tiechui, deputy head of the State Administration of Work Safety, said on Thursday.
Posted on August 24, 2011
The Ghana government handed over state-owned Ghana Consolidated Diamonds (GCD) to a new investor, Great Consolidated Diamond Ghana Ltd (GCDGL), at a ceremony held on Tuesday in Akwatia, 80 km northwest of here.
BioteQ, a leader in the treatment of industrial wastewater, will be presenting a short course and technical paper at the 9th International Conference on Acid Rock Drainage taking place in Ottawa, ON from May 21-26, 2012.
Attend to learn more about acid rock drainage and new technologies for its treatment.
You can also stop by the BioteQ booth #16 or visit for more information.