CNOOC to become China’s biggest owner of LNG assets in Australia
Deal is one of China's biggest investments in Australia
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Australia’s mining workforce up 65% over five year period
69,667 more Australians joined the mining industry from 2006 - 2011
Bullion makers bounce back from 28-year low against gold
Major gold miners are bouncing back from 28-year lows against the precious metal via cost reductions and improved cash flows. Bloomberg reports […]
Study – Geomorphic Considerations in Mining Reclamation
To examine the application of geomorphic design as reclamation approach for surface mines in steep regions with higher rainfall in Appalachia, the […]
Missing German bullion could be the gold market’s black swan
Remarks by leading precious metals experts Bill Haynes and John Hathaway indicate that the recently exposed dearth of physical bullion in German […]
Robert Redford lends his voice to anti-fracking movement
Oscar winner and veteran heartthrob Robert Redford has decided to contribute some of his starpower to America’s anti-fracking campaign. ABC reports that […]
BHP introduces robot fleet in Pilbara
BHP will in time set up similar facilities for its Queensland coal mines and at its Escondida copper mine in Chile.
Credit card made of actual gold issued by Kazakhstan bank
You may think twice about handing this credit card to your waiter.
$16 trillion of platinum could be extracted from seawater
Space mining start-up Planetary Resources President, Chris Lewicki, made more than one eyebrow rise Wednesday as he wrote in his blog that there are about $16 trillion worth of platinum waiting to be extracted in our Earth’s oceans.
