Zinc scrapes 5-year low
The price has dropped 33 percent in five months.
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Cigar Lake mine officially starts production
Saskatchewan mine is the second largest high-grade undeveloped uranium deposit in the world.
Alberta to consider mountaintop coal mine for company facing environmental probe
Alberta’s energy regulator is about to consider a plan for a large mountaintop coal mine at the same time it investigates the proponent for possibly fouling a crucial spawning stream for endangered trout.
Top gold ETF has best week since January
Investors pile back into GLD – the world's largest gold-backed ETF – snapping up 9.5 tonnes in four days.
Innovation: Wirtgen Surface Miners detect more and extract more
Wirtgen has developed two innovations: a camera system for rock interface detection and a cutting drum unit for the flagship Surface Miner 4200 SM that is set to sustainably optimize the mining of mineral deposits.
Australia: Surface mining takes over from conventional coal mining
Wirtgen surface mining technology simplifies the mining process.
Dieselgate: Palladium the big winner
Up more than 10% since Volkswagen's emissions admission.
Copper to come back up way before iron ore does: OZ Minerals
The company, Australia’s third-biggest copper producer, expects digital-age related technologies to boost demand for the metal.
Nordkalk partners with Quant to reduce overall maintenance cost
Quant has renewed a total maintenance outsourcing contract with a leading limestone product producer Nordkalk, to reduce the overall maintenance cost at their Lohja site in Finland.
