Caterpillar to shut West Virginia plant
Earlier this year the firm recorded a second successive quarterly loss.
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Aussie mining town water ‘smells and tastes bad, sometimes black’
"Personally we haven't had any health issues but we don't actually drink the water."
Canada’s Avalon a step closer to the rare earth game
"The most advanced large heavy rare earth development project in the world."
Audit the Fed: Rand Paul
Paul has threatened to block the nomination of Janet Yellen as the next US Federal Reserve chair unless an audit is allowed to go ahead.
China 2013 gold production pegged at 430 tonnes
Consumption to exceed 1,000 tonnes.
CORRECTION: Jim Rogers responds to MINING.com about class A shares purchase story
"I explained over and over that I do NOT buy A shares when I invest in China!"
China moves toward new stage of mining sector openness
"When the Chinese government says they are going to do something, it can really be done quickly."
Energy-poor Spain establishes friendly fracking rules
“Now, if a regional government prohibits fracking, that would be in conflict with this national law."
Ghana officials nab 43 more illegal miners
At its peak, illegal mining in Ghana involved an estimated 50,000 Chinese nationals.
Bond market guru Bill Gross to super-rich: we must pay more taxes
"The era of taxing “capital” at lower rates than “labor” should now end."
RANKED: World’s top 20 largest gold mines
Mine production saw a modest rise to 3,672 tonnes last year, WGC data shows.