Is automation destroying jobs? Not exactly: Fully charged
For the time being, at least, American workers are being spared the much-feared job losses from automation.
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Glencore-led Australian coal port wins court nod on $3.2B debt refinancing
It will now have the maturity of $2.6 billion in senior debt extended from this month until September 2026, court documents showed.
De Beers’ recent diamonds sale the worst in two years
Sales for the seventh cycle stood at a provisional $505 million, down $134 million or 21% from what De Beers got at the same cycle in 2016, when it began releasing this kind of data.
Financial fears to support gold: GFMS
Resurfacing financial fears will ultimately be supportive of gold, says Reuters in a study published this month.
German K+S halts production at 2nd site as severe drought drags on
Hattorf is the second site the company has had to shut down in the last two weeks due to a severe drought affecting the country, especially in the northern and eastern parts.
Rio Tinto scours for electricity to run giant Mongolia copper mine
Mining giant running out of time to secure power supplies
Russia’s Potanin returns 2 pct in Norilsk Nickel to Abramovich -sources
The original sale of the stake was disputed in a London court by aluminium producer Rusal, which owns a stake in Nornickel.
Tahoe aims to work ‘in good faith’ to restart Guatemala mine
Guatemala's Constitutional Court last week upheld the suspension of licenses at Escobal mine. The ruling was "disappointing."
‘Will I come back dead?’ Human costs of South African gold
After more than two decades of improving mine safety since the end of apartheid, South Africa’s progress has stalled with an increase in gold-mining deaths.
