May 3, 2012 First oil sands project in the US takes a step closer US Oil Sands Inc's Utah project is on-target for completion and start-up in the final quarter of next year after the company raised $9 million on Thursday.
May 3, 2012 The global monetary system deteriorates as the financial crisis moves from Greece to Spain It was not that long ago when Greece was the main concern of global investors, but already most of us have already forgotten about that on-going saga. Now, the global…
May 3, 2012 Indonesia jumps on the mining exports tax wagon Indonesia has decided to have its mining cake and eat it too, as the country, one of the world’s largest exporters of copper and coal, will start imposing a 20%…
May 2, 2012 Report: Mongolia going the way of Zimbabwe with mandatory state control of foreign miners Draft legislation, a copy of which was seen by the Financial Times on Wednesday, gave "the clearest sign yet that Mongolia is uncomfortable with the large foreign investments that have…
May 2, 2012 Indian mining dept cracks whip on nine MCL mines In an unprecedented move, the state mining department has cracked the whip on nine out of 11 coal mines operating at the Talcher Coalfields under the command area of Mahanadi…
May 2, 2012 Colombia to spend nearly $1.3 billion in coal-related ports expansions Colombia’s leading coal producers are increasing investments dramatically to improve and expand their ports, in what is considered a key move for rising coal production in the country to 120…
May 2, 2012 Rick George hands over reins of oilsands pioneer Suncor If Rick George was company builder at oilsands pioneer Suncor Energy Inc., Steve Williams has been the operator and is now executor of a growth plan put into place long…
May 2, 2012 New watchwords at BHP: sequencing, discipline, cash flow BHP Billiton addressed shareholder concerns about its ambitious investment plans in four mega-projects on Wednesday saying it will match capital expenditures closely with cash flows and stagger the project pipeline.
May 2, 2012 US metal and industrial metal mine salaries for 2011 There is no such thing as an average miner. There is no such thing as an average salary. Yet we can get some idea of how well mining people are…
May 1, 2012 2011 wages for US metal and industrial mineral mines There are conventionally 2,080 work hours in a year. Thus somebody earning a wage of $20 an hour gets the equivalent of a salary of about $42,000. Considering the mine…
Gold refiner stops taking scrap delivery to melt down in US Metalor Technologies paused accepting new shipments of metal due to an inventory backlog caused by severe US weather. January 29, 2026 | 04:03 pm
