The long-running dispute over financing and costs relating to expansion of Rio's flagship copper-gold mine could be over by the end of the year.

For buying phosphate from sources they qualified as off-limits.

Lower ore grades and smaller discoveries call for equipment to reach deeper and more complicated ore bodies. Sandvik has responded to this need by releasing Sandvik DE151, one of the most powerful and compact underground exploration core drills on the market today.

Longtime lighting industry leader Larson Electronics has announced the release of an LED roadway lamp designed to provide superior performance and longevity for more cost effective operation.

Valmet, which is demerging from Metso, is assuming a new corporate visual identity. The new visual identity will be fully adopted when the company launches its business operations at the start of next year. Valmet's corporate logo - a green, forward-pointing arrow emblem with the word Valmet in steel grey - conveys a customer-focused and strong forward looking company with sustainability as a success factor.

Metso Corporation's Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) held in Helsinki today, October 1, 2013, approved the Board of Directors' proposed plan for partial demerger and decided to demerge Metso into two companies. Metso's Pulp, Paper and Power business will be transferred to the new company, Valmet Corporation, and Mining and Construction and Automation business will remain part of Metso.

Top-producing mines worldwide can now experience top-performing lubricants for their draglines and shovels while maintaining critical environmentally friendly requirements. Bel-Ray’s new Biodegradable Open Gear Lubricant offers a solution to these mining operations by offering this high performance biodegradable open gear lubricants.

It dropped below $1,300 per ounce.

Claims come as the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission begins hearings into Cameco's application to renew its uranium mining licences.