Asteroid mining firm hires former White House officer
Peter Marquez, former director of space policy under US Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama, is Planetary Resources’s new vice president for global engagement.
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Rio Tinto to start copper exports from Oyu Tolgoi this week
Company is said to have invited reporters to attend a ceremony at the mine this Friday to celebrate its first shipment.
Chinese firm said to have killed Ghanaian miners with poisonous gas
The official version is that the three small-scale miners lost their lives after inhaling excess smoke in a pit during a blast to extract the mineral.
Queensland miner switching to 100% local workforce
At the start of 2013, the company was flying in and out 70 workers from other areas of Australia.
New Initiative to Educate Youth about Canada’s Geology and Mineral Resources
As reported on Canada Newswire, a new program to educate Canada’s youth about the country’s geology and mineral resources was launched under the […]
Western Potash on the rise after rumours of Indian interest
Western Potash up 13% one week after Chinese investment
Shale adds 47% to global gas reserves, 11% to global oil: EIA study
The estimates are "highly uncertain and will remain so until they are extensively tested with production wells."
US Dept. of Energy scientists discover new family of rare-earth quasicrystals
The discovery allows scientists to to properly compare structure and magnetic properties between quasicrystal and its "periodic approximant.'
Mantra Resources to start uranium mining at Mkuju River project
Company said it would wait until summer to begin.