Two kilometres down South Africa’s deepest mines: life
Scientists continue to plumb the earth's most extreme environments looking for signs of life and wondering what it might say about the possibility for life elsewhere.
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Winning iron at the Olympics. Fresh charges of conflict of interest over giant Arctic iron mine
The president of the Qikiqtani Inuit Association is on a junket at the London Olympics as a guest of ArcelorMittal, which is in the final stages of getting approval for its giant iron mine on Inuit land.
2Q profit slips at Yamana due to escalating costs
Canadian precious metal miner, Yamana Gold (TSX:YRI), saw its profits slip 80% in the second quarter compared to a year ago.
Schlumberger Software Licenses for the University of Arizona College of Engineering
As the University of Arizona released, the department of mining and engineering received software licenses worth $23 million (software value and maintenance) […]
Foreign investors are pulling money out of India’s state-controlled metals and mining firms
India's economy is growing at its slowest pace in nine years and investor confidence has also been eroded by the current government's frequent policy u-turns, corruption scandals and power blackouts.
New NASA images: Mars or the Pilbara?
"A metal-making process known to the ancient Romans could be pressed into service to bring Mars into the Iron Age - and start opening the solar system to human habitation."
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Infographic: copper the essential metal part II
With exploration forced to higher risk areas and growing Chinese demand, Visual Capitalist explores why copper prices have increased by 400% in the last decade.
Iron ore slump turns into rout
The latest downturn in the price comes as iron ore stockpiles at Chinese ports climb by more than 420,000 tonnes in a week to almost 100 million tonnes.