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UN Human Rights unit roasts Canada over mining, aboriginal treatment

The human rights committee is currently meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, ahead of finalizing its report and is hearing from Canadian non-government groups, including Amnesty, and from the federal government.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 8, 2015 | 6:55 am

S. Africa campaigners jump all over Marikana killings report

They claim the official report on the police killing of 34 striking miners in 2012 is a "gross defamation" of those who died.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 8, 2015 | 3:20 am

INFOGRAPHIC – Crisis investing: How 14 asset classes performed in times of distress

Today's infographic compares how 14 different asset classes have performed during the last five crises.

Visual Capitalist | July 8, 2015 | 2:39 am

China panic crushes mining stocks

Billions wiped from mining sector as gold, silver prices fall and copper, iron ore prices plummet to 2009 levels amid Chinese stock market collapse.

Frik Els | July 7, 2015 | 2:59 pm

HM The Queen meets pump royalty – the WARMAN® centrifugal slurry pump

Her Majesty The Queen was shown a scale model of the world famous Warman® slurry pump on a visit to the Weir Advanced Research Centre (WARC) at the University of Strathclyde’s Technology and Innovation Centre in Glasgow, Scotland.

The Weir Group PLC | July 7, 2015 | 9:45 am

Copper prices hit 6-year low, blame China

As high volatility in the Chinese stock-market reinforced worries of a dropping demand from the nation, the world’s top metals consumer.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 7, 2015 | 9:30 am

ESCO ® Launches Game Changing SecureLift ™ Lifting System

ESCO’s mining team is proud to make the SecureLift Lifting System commercially available today.

ESCO® Corporation | July 7, 2015 | 8:39 am

A hard hat that does much more than just protecting a worker’s head

An Australian startup is launching a hard hat that does much more than just protecting a workers' head — it literally can warn someone of an imminent danger and suggests solutions to problems.

eHat Systems | July 7, 2015 | 8:27 am