US losing money on coal leases: report
Bureau of Land Management selling mining leases at below market value adds up to billions of lost dollars.
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Fault lines lead to gold
Small-scale fault systems in the Earth’s crust have a strong correlation with the location of gold.
Gold weakens alongside dollar
Downward trend continues for metals. Weak dollar provides no relief.
South Africa adopts hard-line stance on labour relations
Deputy President to meet with business, labour and government reps on Friday.
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CEO Gavin Thomas talks about the current business environment in Australia and other parts of the world.
‘Million carats’ could be retrieved from diamond dump in Botswana
New modular tailings treatment project would allow to recover around 18 million carats over 20 years.
FUN BREAK: Homemade solid gold iPod watch
Made from a 6th generation iPod Nano and 18-karat gold, at a cost of $2,500
Back from holidays, Chinese traders chase iron ore higher
After a three day break, Chinese traders make the most of soft iron ore prices to replenish inventories that remain more than 20% lower than a year ago.
12 barrels of oil leak from Kinder Morgan’s pipeline, forces emergency shut down
Near the town of Merritt in southwestern British Columbia.
