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Scania Mining offering smaller mining-truck model to compete with “yellow iron”

Scania holds a strong market position in the production of smaller-class mining trucks, known in the U.S. as Class 8 (>33,000 pounds or 14,969 kg) vehicles.

Andrew Topf | June 11, 2017 | 4:52 pm

3,000-year-old copper mask is oldest crafted object in South America

It's a well-known fact that copper was used by ancient peoples to make some of the earliest tools and artwork.

Andrew Topf | June 11, 2017 | 4:02 pm

Taseko in court to appeal defamation win by enviro-group

Taseko Mines (TSX:TKO), the company behind a large copper-gold project in north-central British Columbia, was back in court last week to appeal a 2016 decision that went against it.

Andrew Topf | June 11, 2017 | 3:13 pm

DOE funds $6.9M in projects to extract REEs from coal

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is building on earlier funding into research aimed at pulling rare earth elements (REEs) from coal.

Andrew Topf | June 9, 2017 | 4:45 pm

Glencore snatches Rio Tinto-owned mines from Yancoal with $2.55B offer

Miner and commodities trader Glencore (LON:GLEN) has performed a coup d'etat on a deal that was practically sealed between Yancoal Australia (ASX:YAL) and Rio Tinto’s (ASX, LON:RIO) for Rio's coal assets in Australia's Hunter Valley.

Andrew Topf | June 9, 2017 | 4:06 pm