VW to start electric car-sharing service to boost lineup
“Our target is to sell more than 1 million electric cars in 2025,” VW brand head of sales Juergen Stackmann
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Nigeria to offer 12.7 bln naira mining contract to eight firms
Nigeria will offer a 12.7 billion naira ($41.6 million) mining contract to eight companies in exploration and consultancy, its junior mining minister said on Wednesday.
Nautilus Minerals tanks on shipbuilding contract cancellation
Fresh setback for the company’s Solwara 1 project, expected to be the world’s first seabed gold, copper, silver mine.
Cenovus becomes Canada’s third largest oil producer
Its acquisition of oil sands assets last year from ConocoPhillips has propelled the company into the highest ranks of Canadian oil production.
US probe darkens Glencore horizons from Africa to Americas
Investigation is casting a wider net with the addition of Venezuela and Nigeria to its investigation, increasing the likelihood that Glencore’s management will get bogged down in a lengthy legal process.
Former Rio Tinto exec jailed for corruption in China let free
The ex-head of iron ore business in China, Stern Hu, spent almost nine years in a Shanghai prison after a 2010 conviction for corruption and industrial espionage.
Terratec and Vale win award for exemplary biosolids management
Mine closure is one of the biggest prices the environment pays in the mining enterprise, so coming up with a canopy system to restore the mining-impacted land to its natural condition is of invaluable importance, making Terratec’s innovation a considerable contribution to the field.
Indonesia extends Freeport operating permit for Grasberg
Indonesia has extended an operating permit for Freeport's Grasberg copper-gold mine while discussions over long-term rights continue.
Gold price ‘cleared for rally’ after hedge funds dump 700 tonnes
Large scale gold price speculators have cut bullish positions to levels last seen at the end of 2015 when gold hit a 6-year low of $1,050 an ounce.
