Mine Site Technologies opens new global headquarters in Sydney
Mine Site Technologies (MST) has officially opened its new global headquarters facility in Sydney, NSW, Australia.
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Goldcorp appoints new chief operating officer
Canadian miner Goldcorp appointed George Burns as the new executive vice president and chief operating officer. Burns replaces Steve Reid, who is leaving the company to pursue other interests.
Glencore gets a bigger piece of the iron ore pie with Bellzone’s output offtake
Shares of iron miner Bellzone were on the rise this morning after the company agreed to sell all of its share of output from the Forecariah mine in Guinea to commodities trading giant Glencore.
Xstrata to lavish $260,000 on every resident of tiny Australian town
Wandoan, with a population of less than 380 people, could get about $106 million from mining giant Xstrata if the Swiss company decides to go ahead with its $6 billion coal project bordering the local community.
Tides Canada accused of ‘blatantly violating Canadian charities law’; complaint filed with Canada Revenue Agency
Canadian oil industry support group, EthicalOil.org, filed a 143-page complaint with the Canada Revenue Agency accusing Tides Canada of funnelling charitable donations to highly political, and non-charitable, groups like PETA and ForestEthics.
Two kilometres down South Africa’s deepest mines: life
Scientists continue to plumb the earth's most extreme environments looking for signs of life and wondering what it might say about the possibility for life elsewhere.
Winning iron at the Olympics. Fresh charges of conflict of interest over giant Arctic iron mine
The president of the Qikiqtani Inuit Association is on a junket at the London Olympics as a guest of ArcelorMittal, which is in the final stages of getting approval for its giant iron mine on Inuit land.
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.
Schlumberger Software Licenses for the University of Arizona College of Engineering
As the University of Arizona released, the department of mining and engineering received software licenses worth $23 million (software value and maintenance) […]
