Glencore’s massive Canadian Donkin coal mine sold to U.S. firm
News feeds long-standing hopes of a mine reopening and job generation in the impoverished area.
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Rio Tinto-Glencore a ‘poor match’: Sam Walsh
Walsh emphasized Rio was not planning any major acquisition to protect itself from a potential takeover by the commodity trader and miner rival.
Could falling oil prices spark a financial crisis?
The oil and gas boom in the United States was made possible by the extensive credit afforded to drillers. Not only has financing come from company shareholders and traditional banks, but hundreds of billions of dollars have also come from junk-bond investors looking for high returns.
Rio, BHP very close to develop U.S. largest copper mine
Arizona’s lawmakers have slipped a piece of legislation that would allow the mining giants to go ahead with their massive Resolution Copper project.
Doug Loud and Jeff Mosseri say gold will regain its shine in 2015
Money managers Doug Loud and Jeff Mosseri of Greystone Asset Management say that if we haven't seen the bottom, we will soon.
Metso wins Aprimin’s Annual Safety Award 2014 for the second year running
The Chilean mining suppliers' association Aprimin has awarded Metso with the Annual Safety Award 2014 in the Large Company category.
Precious metals firm is Britain’s most admired company
200-year old Johnson Matthey refines precious metals, manufactures autocatalysts and produces the platinum group metals industry's most watched research.
CHART: Gold now looks very expensive vs oil
An ounce of gold now buys you the same number of barrels of crude it did in December 2012, when the price was around $1,700 an ounce.
Canadian premiers say Energy East pipeline a ‘nation-building’ exercise
Ontario and Alberta agree the controversial $12bn Energy East pipeline is a “nation-building” exercise and said they'd work together on the issue.
