Japan tests in Chile bacteria-based method to revive depleted copper mines
The revolutionary process would make possible to resume mining operations in most abandoned copper mines.
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Canadian gov expects greenhouse gas increase
The trend will spoil Prime Minister Harper's pledge to reduce emissions by 17% by 2020.
Bushfire forces evacuation at Pilbara mine
The company says it's working to contain the fire and that to date there have been no injuries.
Lee Harvey Oswald’s gold wedding ring goes for $118k
"At this time of my life I don't wish to have Lee's ring in my possession because symbolically I want to let go of my past that is connecting with Nov. 22, 1963."
Greenland says yes to uranium mining
Parliament voted Thursday to end a decades-long ban on mining for radioactive materials.
Wastewater injection may be cause of Oklahoma ‘earthquake swarm,’ USGS study suggests
Earthquakes on the rise, USGS looks at injection-induced seismicity.
Aussie gov produces draft repeal of mining tax
Not a done deal quite yet.
BHP chief on China, Nimba and Jansen strategy
BHP adopts a wait and see approach on African iron ore and Canadian potash project and counts on China for bulk of future growth.
Pirates kidnap two from US oil ship on major commodities trade route
Off the coast of Nigeria in the Gulf of Guinea.