Search for two workers trapped at Mandalay’s mine in Chile fails
Both authorities and the Canadian miner company have officially ruled out possibility of finding them alive.
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Infographic | 38 incredible facts on the modern U.S. dollar
How many tons of ink are used to print new U.S. currency notes every day? Today's infographic for The Money Project answers this question, and much more!
Iron ore price: BHP starts work on $3.2 billion mine
South Flank will replace lost production from 80mtpa Yandi operation reaching end of its life.
A new Yukon gold play
The Yukon is now one of the hottest jurisdictions globally for gold exploration.
Muppet drops gold price to 6-week low
Gold market takes 60-second 1.8 million ounce off-load on the chin.
South Africa’s chamber of mines challenges new charter in court
South Africa's Chamber of Mines has applied to a high court for an interdict to prevent the implementation of a new charter that increases the minimum threshold for black ownership of mining companies
South Africa could play a key role in world rare earth supplies
Manufacturers of products ranging from batteries to electronic devices, and wind turbines to hybrid cars, are scouring the world to secure critical supplies of rare earths
Canada’s Mkango to start mining rare earths in Malawi in 2020
The company, which has been present in the south-eastern African country for more than a decade, says that by 2021 will be producing 3,000 tonnes of rare earths per year.
Is there still hope for higher oil prices?
Oil prices have cratered in recent weeks, dipping to their lowest levels in more than seven months and any sense of optimism has almost entirely disappeared.
