Adani $12 billion Carmichael coal project clears latest hurdle
A federal court dismissed challenge from a traditional owner to mining permits for the mine.
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This just found bead may be the world’s oldest gold artifact
It's is supposed to be 200 years older than jewellery from a Copper Age also found in Bulgaria 44 years ago.
Moody’s has just called the bottom of the commodities rout
The worst is over, at least for base metals, says Moody's, but warns that challenging industry conditions should continue through to at least 2018.
Copper price is going nowhere
New report says base metal prices have bottomed, but there's hardly any upside – and that includes the zinc price.
Caterpillar sheds 195 jobs; track drills, and room and pillar divisions hit
The company will also discontinue production of track drills.
Tahoe Resources’ record-setting quarter earns analysts’ praise
Based on those numbers—and with management changes also in place—the experts believe the company will continue to outperform.
SA’s mining leadership needs to grasp opportunities missed in the last commodity boom – SRK
Signs of resurgence in platinum, a stronger gold price and growing coal exports to India should be triggers for South Africa’s mining leadership to grasp the opportunities that it missed in the last commodity boom, according to consulting engineers and scientists SRK Consulting (South Africa).
India to tap into Russia’s undeveloped coal, iron ore deposits
Cooperation agreements between the nations would guarantee India fresh supply of Russian coal, liquefied natural gas (LNG), diamonds and fertilizers.
Past gold mining near Yellowknife severely hurt lakes, wildlife — report
More than 20,000 tonnes of toxic arsenic trioxide released from the now-shut Giant gold mine wiped out entire populations of algae and invertebrates from lakes nearby, study shows.
