Friedland on headless miners, dodos and ethical platinum Legendary mining financier more than lives up to his reputation as a salesman and astute commentator on the industry. Frik Els | March 6, 2013 | 11:26 pm
Sandvik to acquire Canadian drilling solutions provider Sandvik has signed an agreement with Cubex Limited (CUBEX) to acquire its drilling solutions business and operations. Sandvik | March 6, 2013 | 8:06 pm
$25 billion Kitimat oil refinery has financing: investment banker A New York investment banker told the BC Chamber of Commerce Wednesday that he has investors lined up to make BC press baron David Black's $16 billion oil refinery a reality. Business in Vancouver | March 6, 2013 | 8:06 pm
Black: The #1 problem when owning gold – confiscation, criminalization "We award dictatorial control of the money supply to a tiny handful of people, and then simply trust them to be good guys." Frik Els | March 6, 2013 | 7:44 pm
Here we go again: massive asteroid to cruise past Earth Another asteroid to whiz past Earth's neighbourhood. MINING.com Editor | March 6, 2013 | 7:19 pm
Metso’s Annual Report and Corporate Governance Statement for 2012 published Metso Corporation's stock exchange release on March 6, 2013 at 2:15 p.m. local time Metso | March 6, 2013 | 7:18 pm
First Quantum rises after booking $1.2bn compensation for Congo confiscation Without the once off payment mining profits fell 16%. Frik Els | March 6, 2013 | 7:09 pm
Golden replica of Messi’s left foot on sale for ‘only’ $5.25m Sculpture weighs 25kg and it goes on sale this Thursday. Cecilia Jamasmie | March 6, 2013 | 6:50 pm
Leicester Geoscience Student Wins MICROMINE Bursary Award MICROMINE’s Student Bursary Programme was launched in 2012. The aim of the programme is to invest in the technical development of geoscience students. MICROMINE | March 6, 2013 | 4:38 pm