Uruguay approves new mining law, opens reserves to foreign firms
It opens up the country's deposits of iron ore estimated in 2,500 million tons. If mined, Uruguay couldbecome world’s eighth largest iron ore producer.
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Superior Appoints Two New Territory Sales Managers in Conveyor Components Division
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Top miners to spend $244b in the next two years
BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto seem to believe the recovery has began.
Thousands of South African gold miners on strike
Shutdown in gold production costs the country more than US$34 million a day.
BHP opens coal mine in Queensland despite market challenges
Prices for the fuel used to make steel have been hurting because of low demand and oversupply from rivals.
The weird and blue world of colloidal silver
Colloidal silver enthusiasts say it cures everything from the common flu to cancer.
Canadian comet triggered the ‘Big Freeze’ 12,900 years ago: study
12,900 years ago.
Power to the people? Romania gold mine seems headed for referendum
The President suggests next Tuesday.
Heyday of King Solomon’s copper mines proved by carbon dating
10th century BC.
