October 5, 2014 18 killed after illegal gold mine collapses in remote central Indonesia, officials say Eighteen people have been killed after an illegal gold mine collapses in remote central Indonesia, a local search and rescue official says.
October 3, 2014 U.S. sees drop in coal exports in 2014 During the first half of 2014, US exports of the fossil fuel totalled 52.3 million short tons (MMst), 16% below the same period in 2013.
October 3, 2014 Nuclear power costs billions more than promised Since the mid-1990s nuclear power has been staging a comeback. The Fukushima reactor disaster in 2011 may have given a moment of pause, but today 14 countries are building new…
October 3, 2014 Blockade lifted at Freeport Grasberg mine in Indonesia Operations, however, won’t resume until at least Oct. 7.
October 2, 2014 Operations at Freeport Grasberg copper mine remain blocked Protesters are demanding management to review safety conditions following a fatal accident on Sept. 27.
October 1, 2014 Polish miner KGHM begins production at massive copper mine in Chile In the official opening the firm said it expected to start shipping from Sierra Gorda in November
October 1, 2014 Japanese trader offloads $1 billion Canadian coal mine for $1 Marubeni Corp., a Japanese trader that with a partner bought Canada’s Grande Cache Coal Corp. for about $1-billion (U.S.) three years ago, will dispose it for a nominal $1 to…
September 30, 2014 Kal Kotecha: going against the grain in five names Economics professor and newsletter writer Kal Kotecha says to obtain superior results, you cannot do what everyone else is doing.
September 30, 2014 Avalanche kills Centerra Gold’s Kumtor mine worker Another person in serious conditions.
September 30, 2014 Rio Tinto, Glencore could save $500m by joining coal businesses It would also create a a 15-kilometre long ‘‘super pit’’ from the union of Rio’s Mount Thorley Warkworth and Glencore’s Bulga open-pit mines.
Codelco, SQM seal lithium venture in Chile’s Atacama desert NovaAndino Litio, the venture, will control all lithium exploration, production and sales in the Atacama salar until 2060. December 27, 2025 | 09:38 am
