December 12, 2013

Natural gas to overtake coal as global energy source by 2025—Exxon

The world’s largest oil and gas firm predicts that by around 2025 gas will be the world’s second most-used fuel, only behind oil.

December 12, 2013

Miners warned about Indonesia, Brazil, India and South Africa investments

Terrorism, regime instability and resource nationalism, are the main risks mining investors will face in 2014.

December 12, 2013

IAMGOLD stops paying shareholders

Suspends dividend payments due to low gold price.

December 11, 2013

SLIDESHOW: The future of energy – Which countries are best prepared?

And which countries are least prepared?

December 11, 2013

iRing Inc. Releases Next Generation Underground Blasting Software

iRing Inc. has launched a new underground mining software solution, Aegis Designer.

December 11, 2013

User experience, the focus for RPM’s XERAS 8.1 release

RungePincockMinarco (RPM) continues its record year of product improvements with the third upgrade to their financial modelling software, XERAS.

December 11, 2013

New AVEVA Bocad NC bridges the gap between design and NC process information for steel fabrication

AVEVA Bocad NC enables accurate generation and modification of numerical control data for steel process machines

December 11, 2013

Sout Africa’s economy may be on the rise

According to the South African Foreign Policy Initiative (SAFPI) South African investment abroad has “increased significantly, with much of this investment directed toward other African counties” — this assessment was…

December 11, 2013

Chile’s mining industry turns to sunlight to ease energy shortage

First solar plant for the mining sector in the Coquimbo region will be inaugurated this Friday.

December 11, 2013

Mount Lyell copper mine halted indefinitely during probe into workers death

Whether the men were wearing safety harnesses is a significant part of the investigation that could take several months.