Equity markets all but closed for mining IPOs
Miners have to look at debt, private investors and alternative financing like pre-pays for growth capital according to new report.
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Glencore closes another zinc mine
Black Star deposit at Mount Isa in Australia depleted after 13 years of operation.
Renewables beat coal as largest source of power capacity
While coal continues to crank out electricity for millions of people in developing nations, renewable energy is rapidly catching up and last year, overtook coal as the world's largest source of installed power capacity.
12 schools in Salzburg evacuated after radioactive rock discovered
Educators in the Austrian city of Salzburg hit the panic button after the unintended discovery of a radioactive rock in a science classroom.
Canadian miners trapped in elevator
Four employees at Agrium's Vanscoy potash mine spent six hours in an industrial elevator.
Clinton, Australian anti-coal activists, and Wikileaks
According to Wikileaks, activists opposing Adani's Carmichael coal mine in Australia have been receiving funding from an American organization.
Activists urge Congo government to pass new mining code
Congo began reviewing its mining code in 2012, aiming to increase state revenues and tighten environmental and social regulations, but it has yet to make a decision about it.
Peabody Energy in restructuring talks with lenders, stakeholders — sources
Peabody circulated a term sheet last week that implied the first lien debt would be impaired, prompting an organizational push, MINING.com has learned.
Chinese buy world’s largest mining project
Rio Tinto announces deal to exit Guinea and giant Simandou iron ore project.
