September 27, 2013

Iran in a groove, oil prices likely to dip

Iran has the world's second largest petroleum and fourth largest gas reserves.

September 27, 2013

Heap leaching, beyond the headlines

The technology has ancient origins and enjoyed a rebirth in the 1970s.

September 26, 2013

GE says it’s got technology to clean up fracking

Decreasing the chances of toxic waste spills and cutting the costs of water treatment in half.

September 26, 2013

North American Nickel announces new discovery in Greenland

Share price falls 10%.

September 26, 2013

Rumours of the supercycle’s death are greatly exaggerated: McKinsey

Despite recent falls,commodity prices are still near their levels of early to mid-2008.

September 26, 2013

CHART: $9 trillion monetary expansion not keeping gold afloat

The world's central banks have pumped more than $9 trillion into markets, but the gold price no longer mirrors this unprecedented monetary expansion.

September 26, 2013

This $60 million diamond is called the ‘Pink Star’ for a reason

It is the most valuable diamond to have ever been offered at auction.

September 26, 2013

Safer, more efficient nuclear fuel almost ready to hit the market

Known as tristructural-isotropic (TRISO), this fourth-generation reactor fuel can resist high-temperature accident conditions.

September 26, 2013

Trolex Launches Precise Carbon Monoxide Detector Unaffected By The Presence Of Diesel Fumes

Measuring diesel fumes in the mining and tunnelling environments have been increasingly in the forefront of legislative news lately with MSHA proposing an information collection on health standards for Diesel…

September 26, 2013

BHP keeping Olympic Dam expansion on hold, unless ‘technological miracle’ allows it

CEO Andrew Mackenzie expects to have something to say about the expansion "within a year.”