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SGS Passes Audit for Renewed Bulk Surveying Accreditation in the Philippines

SGS is pleased to announce their recent successful assessment for renewed accreditation to the Bulk & Break Bulk Cargo Clearance Enhancement Program (BBBCCEP). This contract extends SGS’ accreditation to process bulk and break bulk cargo entering the Philippines.

SGS | July 2, 2013 | 4:24 pm

Almost 30,000 mining jobs and $9.5bn in investments at risk in Australia

Mostly affecting the country's coal sector, which lost over 1,000 jobs last week alone.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 2, 2013 | 3:50 pm

Winklevoss twins launch $20 million Bitcoin IPO

In a 74-page document filed Monday with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, the brothers say they will protect the virtual currency like gold bars —in vaults.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 2, 2013 | 2:26 pm

South Africa’s mining industry can’t afford wage talks failure: Chamber

If so they will end up destroying the country’s largest export industry as well as its credit rating, warned Tuesday the Chamber of Mines.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 2, 2013 | 1:00 pm

BHP Billiton to cut contractors at its iron ore operations

The world’s largest miner is fast-tracking the modernization of its Pilbara iron ore division.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 2, 2013 | 10:58 am

Planetary Resources surpasses $1.5m to launch world’s first crowdfunded space telescope

Achievement marks most successful Kickstarter for a space project and ranks among Top 25 campaigns in Kickstarter history.

Planetary Resources, Inc. | July 2, 2013 | 12:30 am

Gold price surges as bargain hunters scramble for cheap metal

The gold price surged nearly $40 an ounce on Monday as a weaker dollar helped the metal recover from one of its worst quarterly performances in history.

Frik Els | July 1, 2013 | 8:34 pm

China, base metal tiger, sets the trend for metals

Stefan Ioannou of Haywood Securities tees up near-, medium- and long-term scenarios for three industrial metals—copper, zinc and nickel—and explains why he is most enthusiastic about zinc.

The Gold Report | July 1, 2013 | 7:45 pm

Mozambique guerrillas threaten country’s energy infrastructure

The first European colonial empire to be established, Portugal’s overseas territories were some of the last to attain independence, leaving aftershocks which reverberate to this day, particularly in Mozambique.

Oilprice.com | July 1, 2013 | 7:35 pm

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