2Q profit slips at Yamana due to escalating costs
Canadian precious metal miner, Yamana Gold (TSX:YRI), saw its profits slip 80% in the second quarter compared to a year ago.
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Schlumberger Software Licenses for the University of Arizona College of Engineering
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Foreign investors are pulling money out of India’s state-controlled metals and mining firms
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New NASA images: Mars or the Pilbara?
"A metal-making process known to the ancient Romans could be pressed into service to bring Mars into the Iron Age - and start opening the solar system to human habitation."
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Infographic: copper the essential metal part II
With exploration forced to higher risk areas and growing Chinese demand, Visual Capitalist explores why copper prices have increased by 400% in the last decade.
Iron ore slump turns into rout
The latest downturn in the price comes as iron ore stockpiles at Chinese ports climb by more than 420,000 tonnes in a week to almost 100 million tonnes.
Rio Tinto banking on China rebound as profits drop 34%
Giant miner Rio Tinto is closing down its Blair Athol coal mine in Australia as the company considers whether to limit spending on new projects next year.
Teddy Roosevelt’s North Dakota badlands ranch ‘threatened’ by gravel pit
Theodore Roosevelt’s ranch in the badlands of North Dakota where the “restorative power of wilderness” made a “lasting impression” on the 26th […]