Gold mining cash cost figures: Are they for real?
A more standardized, "all-in" cost figure has been proposed, to include operating costs, sustaining capital expenditures, and general and administrative costs.
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Yale researchers discover diamond planet twice the size of the Earth
A team of U.S-Franco scientists led by Yale University hit the jackpot by discovering not just another celestial body near the Earth, but one that it is likely to be covered in diamonds and it is twice the size of our planet.
INFOGRAPHIC: Nickel, where form meets function
While best known for it's use in the 5 cent coin, nickel has farm more strategic uses.
Gold to hit new highs on negative interest rates: Hathaway
John Hathaway of Tocqueville Asset Management says gold is set to hit record highs on the persistence of a negative interest rate regime.
Twiggy has a go at Rinehart for inherited wealth
Andrew "Twiggy" Forrest, the founder and chairman of Aussie iron ore stalwart Fortescue Metals Group (ASX:FMG) has issued a thinly-veiled attack against fellow mining magnate Gina Rinehart for inheriting her wealth.
Fortescue’s best paid exec suffers $35 million loss on slide in shares
A recent plunge in Fortescue Metals' (ASE:FMG) shares has left the pockets of its best paid executive AUD$35 million lighter.
Underground Training Centre at Bailey Mine Complex
Consol Energy Inc. has established its own underground mine academy to train foremen and future miners with no experience, reports Pittsburgh Business […]
Western Australia a step closer to green-lighting uranium mine
The Western Australian government has issued a key approval for Toro Energy's Wiluna uranium project, bringing the proposed mine a large margin nearer to completion.
Argyle pink diamonds to run out inside a decade
Production at Rio Tinto's (ASX:RIO) Argyle mine in Western Australia's Kimberley region will soon come to an end as its rare deposits of pink diamonds approach exhaustion.