Queensland miner switching to 100% local workforce
At the start of 2013, the company was flying in and out 70 workers from other areas of Australia.
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Shale adds 47% to global gas reserves, 11% to global oil: EIA study
The estimates are "highly uncertain and will remain so until they are extensively tested with production wells."
US Dept. of Energy scientists discover new family of rare-earth quasicrystals
The discovery allows scientists to to properly compare structure and magnetic properties between quasicrystal and its "periodic approximant.'
The disappearing net worth of Australian mining moguls
"Western Australia is arguably close to experiencing recession-like conditions."
African soccer legend Drogba buys stake in Ivory Coast gold mine
Canadian miner La Mancha also increased its stake in the mine to 55% as part of the deal.
Anglo American CEO selling the $49 million corporate jet
The Gulfstream G550 is on the way out.
Photo of the day: two scrapers cool off
"That's the best place for single engine open bowl scrapers."
BHP Billiton offloads its interest in $45 billion LNG project to PetroChina
BHP sells its $1.7 billion interest.
China, US plan to phase down ‘super greenhouse gases’
Global phasedown of super greenhouse gases "could reduce carbon emissions by 90 gigatons by 2050."
Invest in Russia, Putin trying to improve his reputation: Jim Rogers
"That's usually a place that you should look, when people hate a market. And so I am looking."
RANKED: World’s top 20 gold projects
The combined ounces in the ground for the top 20 projects is north of 900 million and at today's prices worth a mouth-watering $3.7 trillion.
