January 22, 2014 Impala Platinum shuts down mine ahead of strike; gov’t tries to mediate Platinum miners to strike Thursday; combined, the affected companies produce more than half the world's platinum.
January 21, 2014 Mining strikes coming to S. Africa may cause permanent damage to industry Labour action would halt production at the world's top three platinum producers.
January 20, 2014 VIDEO: Rosetta comet-chasing spacecraft wakes up First spacecraft to land in a comet wakes up from 10 years of hibernation.
January 17, 2014 NASA wants your name in its first asteroid mission, leaving in 2016 Selected names will be etched on a microchip aboard the spacecraft headed to the asteroid Bennu in only two years.
January 15, 2014 Colossus tries to stay afloat with creditor protection The company will pursue a sale process and restructuring through a debt-for-equity swap.
January 13, 2014 Is space mining commercially viable? A researcher from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics says there are likely 'few' ore-bearing asteroids.
January 7, 2014 This cheap sector set to outperform in 2014 The investment strategy in these industrial metals is to determine whether or not demand is fundamentally increasing or decreasing. It’s quite clear that industrial use will continue to rise.
January 2, 2014 About 1,000 shortlisted for one-way trip to Mars Mars One, a Dutch non-profit mission to build the first human settlement on Mars, said only 24 will be sent.
December 27, 2013 Millions of tons of metals stashed in shadow warehouses The world's metal is slipping into the shadows.
December 18, 2013 South African labour: Unions at war Numsa will openly recruit from NUM's membership, in direct violation of federation principles. Numsa tells opponents to 'go to hell.'
Iamgold’s Lemelin thanks mentor for Africa option Bruno Lemelin recalls his first Iamgold boss urging him to join Essakane in Burkina Faso as regional politics began to unravel. December 26, 2025 | 05:00 am
