April 22, 2014 Australia’s $6.5bn Oakajee project backer holds long record of shady businesses The Oakajee port and rail project has the potential to become one of the major suppliers of Australian iron ore to Asia.
April 22, 2014 Teck to axe 600 jobs, postpones Quintette coal mine restart Weak commodity prices hurt Teck's three core business units —coal, copper and zinc— but coal was particularly hard hit due to increased supply from Australia, the company said.
April 21, 2014 Trying to smuggle gold into India, man swallows $23,000 worth in bars Gold smuggling into India has increased dramatically since the nation hiked its import duty on the yellow metal from 4% to 15% last year.
April 21, 2014 Gold rush for mining M&A coming Talks between Barrick Gold Corp. and Newmont Mining Corp. over a deal that would have combined the world’s two largest gold producers may have broken down, but that doesn’t necessarily…
April 21, 2014 Poor Americans pick gold over stocks as the best investment A Gallup survey shows Americans picked real estate as the cream of the the long-term investment crop. Their other choices were gold, stock and mutual funds, savings accounts and CDs,…
April 21, 2014 China opens Beijing to direct gold imports The move is considered by many a threath to Hong Kong’s transit role.
April 21, 2014 Suncor Energy employee dies from severe injuries in oil sands Suncor said it is working with the RCMP and Alberta Occupational Health and Safety to complete a full investigation into the incident.
April 21, 2014 Leica Geosystems to Demo Easy BIM As-Builting Solutions at Boston BIMForum Facility managers, contractors, architects and other building information modeling (BIM) professionals looking for an easy way to capture interior as-built information will want to make sure to check out the…
April 21, 2014 Diamonds may be forever, but current prices are not— experts Despite billions spent on exploration, only around 30 significant diamond mines are currently in production.
April 21, 2014 Largest coal mines still in Wyoming, but US is diversifying The Powder River Basin was the home of the top nine producing mines in the U.S. during 2013, but the number of PRB mines in the top 25 declined compared…
White Gold to create critical minerals-focused explorer in Yukon Territory The spin-out will hold six properties that host several large-scale targets prospective for copper, molybdenum, tungsten, antimony, zinc and bismuth. February 11, 2026 | 09:53 am
