Britain

Life at the coal face: Who are the UK's 21st Century miners?

"You get filthy and my nails have never been any good but I absolutely love being a miner." Stuart Foweather started at Cadeby Colliery in Doncaster in 1978 as a 16-year-old apprentice.

Four men in flooded Welsh mine, rescue efforts continue

British rescue workers pumped water today from a flooded coal mine in south Wales in an attempt to reach four trapped miners.

Stock exchange merger good for junior explorers, executives say

A proposed merger between the parent companies of the Toronto and London stock exchanges will benefit junior mining companies and small and medium enterprises (SMEs), say two leading executives behind the deal.

“We anticipate the merger will benefit public companies of all sizes, but in my opinion SMEs will benefit the most,” said John McCoach, president of the TSX Venture Exchange, speaking at a recent luncheon in Vancouver hosted by the BC Association of Mineral Exploration (AMEBC). “Investors will benefit from the increase in liquidity, lower transaction costs, and access to new investment products.”

Precious but precarious: High gold prices driving interest in Celtic fringe

Old gold-mining shafts are being reopened around the world, as economic uncertainty and scepticism about other assets has sent the gold price soaring: the yellow metal hit a record high of over $1,400 an ounce in December, double its 2007 …