Cigar Lake mine officially starts production
Saskatchewan mine is the second largest high-grade undeveloped uranium deposit in the world.
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Alberta to consider mountaintop coal mine for company facing environmental probe
Alberta’s energy regulator is about to consider a plan for a large mountaintop coal mine at the same time it investigates the proponent for possibly fouling a crucial spawning stream for endangered trout.
Top gold ETF has best week since January
Investors pile back into GLD – the world's largest gold-backed ETF – snapping up 9.5 tonnes in four days.
Innovation: Wirtgen Surface Miners detect more and extract more
Wirtgen has developed two innovations: a camera system for rock interface detection and a cutting drum unit for the flagship Surface Miner 4200 SM that is set to sustainably optimize the mining of mineral deposits.
Australia: Surface mining takes over from conventional coal mining
Wirtgen surface mining technology simplifies the mining process.
Dieselgate: Palladium the big winner
Up more than 10% since Volkswagen's emissions admission.
Copper to come back up way before iron ore does: OZ Minerals
The company, Australia’s third-biggest copper producer, expects digital-age related technologies to boost demand for the metal.
Nordkalk partners with Quant to reduce overall maintenance cost
Quant has renewed a total maintenance outsourcing contract with a leading limestone product producer Nordkalk, to reduce the overall maintenance cost at their Lohja site in Finland.
Total US coal mines the lowest on record — report
The total number of operating coal mines in the U.S. has hit its lowest point since at least 1923, one of the earliest year on record, according to the Energy Information Administration.
