Sudans new gold rush: miners risk their lives in search of riches
With the economy in tatters, the government has opened the country to prospectors operating without regulations or oversight.
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The world’s largest black diamond can now be seen in Dubai
The gem, insured for $37 million, was flown to promote the reopening of a Karloff Paris boutique.
Commodity price slump undercuts mining sector
Chinese demand kept Canadian mines humming - now there's too much supply of metals, minerals.
Aiming to be the Uber of mining
Today, at 34, Ball has that CEO job and a seat on the board, with Mullan as board chairman, and he’s busily implementing the innovative ideas that got him there.
Weekend Edition: Scrooge McDuck is a hero
All the really wealthy people I know got that way by creating enormous value.
Native American San Carlos Apache tribe takes on BHP, Rio Tinto over plans to mine sacred site
"It is no different to what people can relate to about Mount Sinai," Apache tribal leader Wendsler Nosie said.
Trapped in a gold dustbowl: Residents of Kolar Gold Fields hope revival of mining will lead to better days
Despite the glamour quotient, the locals cough and sneeze their way through their chores every day and admit that the mounds, referred to as "cyanide mud" in local parlance, pose a health risk.
The Swazi king, his New York hip hop jeweler and a $263 million mining deal
New York’s King of Bling has reportedly scored a $263 million gold-mining deal with Africa’s last remaining absolute monarch, a real king—what […]
Grand prix racer McLaren has just the formula for a push into mining and energy
The sports car manufacturer has repositioned itself as a supplier of technology to a diverse range of sectors, including healthcare, energy, sports science and mining.
