Sherritt International fined $1 million for coal mine spills in Canada
Sherritt pleaded guilty in the Provincial Court of Alberta to three counts of contravening the Fisheries Act.
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K+S shares sink as salt firm’s shake-up turns sour
Company will combine its salt and potash businesses to make savings and target customers more effectively.
Emmanuel Macron’s new wealth tax to be imposed on expensive jewellery
A September proposal to replace the tax on high-end assets with just a real estate tax was met with public uproar.
Canadian magnesium explorer gains nearly 1,000% on asset sale
Investors in a Calgary-based junior will no doubt be clinking wine glasses and giving some extra thanks this Canadian Thanksgiving weekend.
New program in Queensland aims to attract 3,000 new mining jobs
The Queensland Government is getting behind a pilot program that, together with an industry group, is hoping to bring thousands of mining equipment and services positions to the Bowen Basin within the next decade.
Chinese companies to build 700 coal plants in and outside China
Of all the new coal generation expected to go online over the next decade, Chinese companies will build nearly half of it.
Australians protest Carmichael coal mine in ‘national day of action’
Australians opposed to the Adani Group's Carmichael coal mine in the Galilee Basin of Queensland expressed their displeasure at the project on Saturday.
Can Mali maintain its gold mining status?
The fate of IAMGOLD's Sadiola mine hangs in the balance as Mali's gold exports fall and production winds down.
Room for further gold price declines until Fed sends dovish signal
Gold’s reactions to geopolitical developments, including these about the country ruled by the Kim dynasty, are usually merely short-lived and limited.
