Congo seeks to soothe miners while holding course on changes
DRC tried to strike more conciliatory tone after week of heated exchanges between Africa’s top copper producer and some of its largest foreign investors.
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Oil prices ravaged by financial turmoil
Oil prices fell back suddenly over the last few trading sessions, dragged down by some forces beyond the oil market.
Uncovering safety technology in the Canadian mining industry
“Safety systems using radar, warning signals and improved visibility readily address risks to prevent accidents" says vehicle safety expert Henry Morgan.
Exposure to chemicals used in fracking may cause pre-cancerous lesions in mice
US researchers have found that female mice exposed to mixtures of chemicals used in unconventional oil and gas (UOG) operations during prenatal development had abnormal mammary glands in adulthood. Some even developed pre-cancerous mammary lesions.
Arizona’s newest gold mine just weeks away of first pour
Canada’s Northern Vertex Mining is ramping up production at its Moss gold-silver project towards an initial stacking rate of 2,500 tpd, to later reach 5,000 tpd.
Rio Tinto pays biggest divvy in history as profit hits three-year high
Mining giant posts 90% increase in profit amid what CEO Jean-Sébastien Jacques calls “resilient” commodity prices.
Why Tesla is turning to Chile for its lithium: Andy Home
Chile is an obvious place for Tesla's chief executive, Elon Musk, to look for secure supply, as the global lithium mother-lode is in the brine lakes of the country's Atacama desert.
Second accident in a week at a Sibanye-Stillwater mine kills two
Two employees were trapped underground and later died in a fall of ground incident at the company's Kloof gold mine.
For Barrick Gold the Pascua-Lama hits keep coming
$429 million impairment on the stalled project after Chile environment agency ordered final closure.
