Gold miner Avocet struggles to pay back loan
London-based miner has missed the payment date for its $15 million loan.
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Heat Stress: Plan, Manage and Avoid
"It is well reported that accidents increase as a direct result of heat stress, Managing Director Christine Killip says, “this is because a worker under heat stress will suffer from loss of concentration, short-term memory loss, decreased reaction time and fatigue.”
China’s No.3 coal firm looking into solar power market
Beijing wants toi reduce country's dependence on coal by at least 5% by 2017.
Gold price kicks off 2014 with a bang
Gold price jumps more than 2% or $28 on first trading day of the new year as bargain hunters return to the market.
An Indian women’s commission wants to restrict gold at weddings
A solution to India's gold problem?
About 1,000 shortlisted for one-way trip to Mars
Mars One, a Dutch non-profit mission to build the first human settlement on Mars, said only 24 will be sent.
ZEB1 Laser Scanner Put Through its Paces at World’s Deepest Gold Mine
Owned and operated by Anglogold Ashanti the Mponeng Mine in South Africa is over 2 kilometres below sea level.
Chile set to make mining desalination mandatory
But cost is twice more expensive than in the United States.
Canada’s oil sands brace for conflict-ridden 2014
Brewing disputes with First Nations, claims of mercury pollution and increasing challenges for delivering oil to distant markets are only some of the issues oil sands producers will face this year.
