April 8, 2012 Joy Global explains underground coal mining This video by mining equipment manufacturer Job Global, more educational than promotional, gives an excellent overview of longwall, versus room and pillar underground coal mining.
April 7, 2012 Tata Power eyes stake in South Africa’s Sekoko’s Waterberg Coal Tata Power, India's largest private power producer is in talks with South African energy company Sekoko Resources to acquire a 30-per cent stake in the Waterberg Coal Project in South…
April 6, 2012 The ‘lunar trajectory’ of Canadian mining investment The source of the surge in mining investment has been quite diverse, reflecting the widespread advance in prices. For 2012, gold leads the way with $3.6 billion of capital spending.…
April 6, 2012 Molycorp is up 38% in 2012, but still cheap say analyst Molycorp’s mould-breaking deal with Neo Material Technologies has sent its shares rocketing and the counter is now up 38% so far this year, but some analysts say it's still a…
April 6, 2012 Alrosa IPO may be receding in the distance just as Russian rock star hits the sweet spot The world's number one diamond miner does not seem to be in need of cash. Too bad, direct exposure to diamonds has always been hard to come by and the…
April 5, 2012 Governor mum on lifting Virginia uranium ban Times Dispatch reports that Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell is not taking a position on whether a 30-year-old ban on uranium mining should be lifted.
April 5, 2012 Canadian oilsands output skids in March Production at Canada’s biggest oilsands projects, run by Suncor Energy Inc and Syncrude Canada Ltd, tumbled in March after unscheduled outages of major processing equipment, prompting investors to push the…
April 5, 2012 Healthy polar bear count confounds doomsayers The debate about climate change and its impact on polar bears has intensified with the release of a survey that shows the […]
April 5, 2012 Bottom fishing lifts gold on session Gold futures bounced from their lowest level since mid-January Thursday; bottom fishing supported prices ahead of Friday's non farm payroll data.
April 5, 2012 FT: ‘Inbred’ miners may admire Hannam, but many not ‘too sad’ to see him go "Resources groups and the bankers who promote them merit close scrutiny since minerals have been linked in the past with financial scandals and market manipulation, from the nickel bubble that…
Silver price whipsaws again as thin liquidity fuels wild swings Spot silver was up more than 7% to about $76 an ounce by mid-morning in New York on Friday, having earlier tumbled toward $64. February 06, 2026 | 01:23 pm
