The big, the deep and the just plain crazy — mining and drilling facts and feats
It’s only when something crazy happens that we normal folk start to take notice, which has given mining something of a reputation with most people.
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Silver Standard finishes grabbing Claude Resources in $337 million deal
Saskatchewan has lost its only home-grown gold miner, which last year produced a record-75,748 ounces of the yellow metal.
Centerra Gold seeks international arbitration for dispute with Kyrgyzstan
The company said the arbitration proceedings will be held at Stockholm and Sweden, and that they will be conducted under the UNCITRAL rules.
Sierra Leone grants preliminary OK to Stellar Diamonds Tongo mine
The West Africa-focused firm said it was verbally informed of the approval by the country's Minerals Advisory Board.
Bayer and Planetary Resources to collaborate to improve agriculture with space data
Improving agriculture with crop-specific satellite images.
50 years of gold price vs Dow shows metal still a bargain
Stocks go sideways and gold is up 14% in 2016 prompting warnings about its relative value to equities. This 1966–2016 chart shows gold's cheapest since 2007.
INFOGRAPHIC: The entire blockchain ecosystem in one visualization
With the Bitcoin price hitting 21-month highs at $540, we thought it was appropriate to share this infographic depicting the entire blockchain ecosystem.
Increasingly bearish indicators weigh down lead price
By far the best performing base metal of last year, lead demand has run into serious headwinds this year – lithium's just one of them.
US coal ash highly rich in rare earths, scientists find
Rare earths content was tested using hydrofluoric acid, which is much stronger and more efficient than industrial methods, but is too hazardous to use on a large scale.