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Endeavour has sold its Youga mine to privately-held MNG Gold for US$25.3 million.
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Animation: Wealth vs. population for USA, China, and India (1970 – 2030)
The graph plots GDP per capita vs. share of world population for each country, highlighting the major differences between 1970, today, and the projected near future.
Greenfield exploration in Australia picks up
Total area drilled (in metres) climbed by 6.9% during the December quarter, with activity in areas of new deposits increasing by 29.6%.
China to axe 1.8 million coal, steel jobs
As part of the government’s ongoing efforts to reduce industrial overcapacity.
Death toll from Russia’s mine disaster climbs to 36 as rescuers killed in new explosion
The bodies of four miners were recovered after the initial disaster, but the remains of the six rescuers who died trying to reach the stranded miners are yet to be found.
