A grader working a salt mine in Port Hedland, Australia.

More than conquering the age-old quest to turn base metals into precious ones, these scientists are applying modern day alchemy to build the next-generation of fuel cells and electrolyzers.

Tom Kern shared a picture on Facebook of his wedding cake styled as an open pit complete with a Cat excavator and […]

"It's just a method of transmitting money."

Pulls back from 6-month high of $1,388 set in morning trade, but up for the week.

Accutrak will exhibit its top three products at WAMPEX this year. Smartrail is a rail bound tracking and weighing system that monitors and reports volumes of ore mined daily, per mine, shaft, level works area and box. Accuchip is a material car handling system that manages the availability and utilisation of various material cars used for the underground mining environment, and Trakload is a trackless tracing and weighing solution.

Estimated to be worth around $20,000.

Mr. Juha Silvennoinen (MSc. in Engineering) has been appointed President, Services business line in Mining and Construction as of March 26, 2014. Juha has made a long career in ABB where he has held several executive positions in various businesses. In his last position at ABB he was responsible for Motors and Generators business unit, which employs some 16,000 people globally.

The figure includes salary, a cash bonus, shares and other benefits for the man who was able to take Rio Tinto from a US$3 billion loss to a US$3.7 billion profit in a year.