Tanzania-focused miners face fresh challenges as country passes new laws
The two new laws allow the government to force mining and energy companies to renegotiate their contracts.
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Australian spot coal prices hit highest since April amid mine outages, strong demand
Dam restrictions in China following excessive rains are also reducing hydropower capacity there, including at the world's biggest power station, forcing utilities to ramp up output at coal-fired utilities.
Banro halts gold mine in Congo due to violence, shares collapse
The company also evacuated all of its employees at Namoya mine after trucks belonging to a contractor were caught in crossfire between soldiers and a local self-defence militia.
Ghana mine collapses, 14 trapped underground
Only five out of the 19 illegal workers believed to have been at the pit when the accident happened have been rescued since Sunday.
Egypt awards gold mining tender to four companies
Two of them are foreign firms.
Gold near 7-week-low after having its first monthly decline this year in June
Spot gold ended in June its longest run of monthly gains since 2010.
Tesla’s Musk says Model 3 on track, shares rise
Chief Executive Elon Musk said firm is on track to produce 20,000 per month by December.
Clean coal could trump renewables bill in Australia
New report argues that a high-efficiency, low emissions coal-fired station would cost less than the almost A$3 billion in subsidies handed out by the government to renewable projects each year.
MIT researchers produce copper without harmful byproducts
A team of MIT researchers in the United States has shown that they can separate pure copper and other trace elements from sulphur-based minerals using molten electrolysis.