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Ritchie Bros. sells hundreds of mining equipment items in South Africa

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers (NYSE and TSX: RBA), the world’s largest industrial auctioneer, sold more than 690 mining and other heavy equipment items, trucks, attachments and parts at an unreserved public auction in Witbank (near Johannesburg), South Africa on March 27, 2013.

Ritchie Bros | April 4, 2013 | 5:31 pm

Maptek provides Vulcan software for Mongolian mine engineering students

About 2400 students study mine engineering at MUST, with 9 different specialisations offered.

Maptek | April 4, 2013 | 5:15 pm

Stunning $1.5 million gold dress to debut at the MTV Movie Awards

The couture gown is made of 10,000 hand-embroidered pure gold sequins.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 4, 2013 | 5:08 pm

Gold price suffers third day of losses to touch 10-month low

Fed officials are beginning to call an end to QE.

Frik Els | April 4, 2013 | 4:51 pm

Swiss create new gold ‘chocolate bar’

VIDEO: A precious metal bar that can be broken into one-gram segments.

Peter Schiff - Euro Pacific Precious Metals | April 4, 2013 | 3:27 pm

Brazil environmental watchdog charges Anglo with a $10m fine over port accident

The incident forced Anglo to halt shipments from the operation, where it produced 6.1 million tonnes of iron ore last year.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 4, 2013 | 3:19 pm

Japan gets the green light to mine coal in Mozambique

The mine, scheduled to start operating in 2016, is expected to produce 5 million tonnes of coking coal a year.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 4, 2013 | 1:13 pm

Immersive Technologies Launches New Fuel Efficiency Technology to Reduce Miner’s Cost per Ton

Immersive Technologies has launched a fuel efficiency technology aimed at giving mine management an affordable way to address the challenges of rising fuel costs and environmental responsibility.

Immersive Technologies | April 4, 2013 | 12:17 pm