Safer, more efficient nuclear fuel almost ready to hit the market
Known as tristructural-isotropic (TRISO), this fourth-generation reactor fuel can resist high-temperature accident conditions.
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China puts $6bn valuation on 20mtpa Sierra Leone iron ore mine
Shares of African Minerals surged 47% on Thursday after one of China's largest iron-ore trading companies injected $990 million into its Tonkolili mine.
Trolex Launches Precise Carbon Monoxide Detector Unaffected By The Presence Of Diesel Fumes
Measuring diesel fumes in the mining and tunnelling environments have been increasingly in the forefront of legislative news lately with MSHA proposing an information collection on health standards for Diesel Particulate Matter Exposure in Underground Coal Mines this month.
BHP keeping Olympic Dam expansion on hold, unless ‘technological miracle’ allows it
CEO Andrew Mackenzie expects to have something to say about the expansion "within a year.”
Smugglers caught in Sri Lanka with $100k in gold nuggets
Caught as they went through security checks, which indicated they were hiding the precious metal inside their bodies.
Crisis in the gold sector far from over: report
Despite industry’s aggregate market capitalization reached $1.48 trillion by the end of August, the sum is still lower than any month in 2012.
Chile’s Supreme Court lets Barrick keep permit, but upholds freeze on Pascua Lama
Ruling leaves the door open for new lawsuits against the Toronto-based miner.
China investment opportunities today: Jim Rogers
Somebody's going to get rich cleaning up China's environment.
A wave of M&A coming for small and micro-cap gold companies?
"I do think that this is an entry point for many of the intermediate and senior producers."
