Tenova TAKRAF Africa’s leading range of specialised handling equipment has been enhanced with the addition of the unique Magaldi Superbelt® technology from Magaldi, of Italy, a global supplier of industrial systems and plants for bulk material handling at high temperatures.

The company's market share has dropped from about 80% in the late ‘80s to roughly 35% today.

The firm is laying-off 150 workers by the end of February 2015.

Three workers died on board in 2012 and fresh inspections have revealed severe safety breaches.

The company is defying coal price slump with increased production driven by expansions at its Australian mines.

Atlas Copco announced today that Wilder Motor & Equipment now carries Atlas Copco’s line of WEDA electric submersible pumps at the rental center’s downtown Nashville, Tennessee location.

Despite another drop in the gold price on Monday, battered mining stocks made gains with world number 3 leading the charge after a bullish outlook.

Investors in Australia's junior mining sector are feeling the same pain as those in North America but Paul Adams, an analyst with brokerage firm DJ Carmichael in Perth, believes select junior resource companies will outperform the broad markets as macro-level events impact certain commodities.

Silver has underperformed gold and industrial metals to such an extent that risks are now all on the upside.