This plant may be the best diamond-finding tool you’ll ever have
American geophysicist and Fulbright scholar, Stephen Haggerty, has found a new prickly, palm-like plant that seems to grow only on top of kimberlite pipes.
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Saturday, May 9 - 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
NSW environmental watchdog bashed over BHP’s coal pollution case
The 14-months long investigation ended on April 10, with BHP accepting the charge of “causing an offensive odour,” and the EPA releasing just a single tweet about it.
Goldman Sachs mulls selling Colombia’s coal mines
The sale would put an end to Goldman’s rocky involvement in raw-materials production.
Hudbay’s Manitoba miners down tools
Close to 200 miners at mines run by Hudbay Minerals (TSX, NYSE:HBM) in Manitoba, Canada walked off the job over the weekend.
Price, distribution the main obstacles to synthetic diamond growth
Unlike other precious gems, high-quality synthetic diamonds can only trade at around a 2 to 20 percent discount to naturally-mined stones.
Newmont sells NZ gold mine for $106 million
Newmont Mining (NYSE:NEM) has sold its only mine in New Zealand, the Waihi gold mine, to OceanaGold (TSX, ASX:OGC), the companies announced last Thursday.
Mexican miner rescued by Starcore International Mines
The miner had been trapped for over 40 hours while mining mercury at La Estrella.
Former BlackRock mining fund manager joins Barrick Gold
Catherine Raw, from one of the UK mining sector's best known fund managers, is assuming as the company's Business Performance Executive Vice President.