Ex-coal CEO sentenced to a year in prison over mine-safety conspiracy
The sentencing comes six years and one day after a fatal explosion killed 29 at Massey’s Upper Big Branch mine.
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Vale cuts spending, management salaries
The iron ore and nickel giant has reduced its forecast for capital spending in 2016 to $5.5bn from $6.2bn previously.
Canadians to develop space mining tool
Deltion Innovations aims to design a drill that would prospect for water, ice and resources on the moon and beyond.
Osama Bin Laden was more than keen on gold
Documents recently declassified by the CIA revealed he was an avid gold investor and even predicted the price spike of 2010-2011.
Forget about ‘Los Bronces’; that mine is ours — Anglo to Codelco
Codelco is facing mounting internal pressure to acquire Anglo's stake in Los Bronces mine, in which the Chilean miner already has a 29.5% interest.
De Beers blue diamond smashes auction records in Asia, fetches almost $32M
This diamond was the target of an attempted multi-million pound robbery in November 2000, which was foiled by the Metropolitan Police.
Striking coal workers arrested after violent raid at Glencore’s South African mine
Production at the Wonderfontein coal mine has been halted for three weeks after members of AMCU decided to down tools in March.
TransCanada shuts Keystone pipeline after leak in South Dakota
The Keystone pipeline carries oil south from Canada through eastern North Dakota, South Dakota and Nebraska.
Meet the new system that could cut coal-plant emissions in half
Researchers at the MIT have developed a hybrid system that combines two well-known technologies: coal gasification and fuel cells.
INFOGRAPHIC: Receding Arctic ice unlocking fathomless mineral resources
If you don’t mind frost and cost.
Savannah nears full ownership of Barroso lithium lease
The Aldeia lease transfer would expand Barroso’s resource base as Savannah targets EU lithium supply and advances permitting.
