Wood Group buys rival Amec Foster Wheeler for $2.7 billion
Takeover brings together two of the UK's largest energy services companies.
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INTERACTIVE: Top 10 gold mining companies
The 10 largest gold mining companies produce 30% of the world's gold and enjoy some of the sector's fattest margins.
Jack Chan’s weekly gold and silver market update: bear market return?
Technical analyst Jack Chan sets forth data that signals the potential return of a bear market in the precious metals.
Copper supply disruptions push prices up
Disputes at BHP Billiton’s Escondida mine in Chile, the world's biggest copper mine, and Freeport’s Grasberg and Cerro Verde mines, are also having a significant effect on global supplies of concentrate.
Harry Winston’s famous Jonker V diamond to fetch up to $3.6M in auction
The rectangular, 25.27-carat gem is one of a collection of 13 polished diamonds cut from the famous 726-carat Jonker rough, unearthed at South Africa’s Elandsfontein mine in 1934.
Greenland closer to building world’s fifth-largest uranium mine
The Kvanefjeld project would also be the world’s second-biggest rare earths operation.
Is the lithium bubble about to burst?
After rising aggressively, some would argue that lithium prices have already peaked.
Australia okays Mulga Rock uranium mine
Western Australia may soon have a new uranium mine, after the last environmental hurdle was cleared by Vimy Resources (ASX:VMY) to build its Mulga Rock uranium mine.
Vale to mothball century-old Ontario nickel mine
The Stobie mine in Sudbury began in 1890.
