September 24, 2013

Mining and other human activities hurting coral reefs, causing sea life extinction: report

Species living in declining reef habitats, such as Australia’s Great Barrier, likely to go extinct.

September 24, 2013

China grabs a 12.5% stake in potash leader Uralkali

To secure a steady supply in a market shaken by the fresh breakup of the Russia-Belarus oligopoly.

September 24, 2013

Rio Tinto’s Bingham Canyon pollution ‘similar to smoking 20 cigarettes a day’: US lawsuit

Rio denies the claims.

September 23, 2013

Soitec announces record-breaking solar cell efficiency

Group reveals solar cell with 44.7% efficiency.

September 23, 2013

Supreme Court of Canada’s ruling on Yukon mining to affect entire country

Practice of 'free entry' land-staking challenged nation-wide.

September 23, 2013

Belarus poised to upend ‘paralyzed’ potash market once again

The potash world appears ready to go back to its oligopolistic ways.

September 23, 2013

Swiss donate tax money from Glencore Xstrata to countries where firm accused of wrongdoing

Several villages are considering to follow Hedingen's example and give their tax money to charities.

September 23, 2013

Ariana Resources up 53 pct

Silver-rich zone identified returning grades of up to 383 g/t Ag + 1.5 g/t Au and 234 g/t Ag + 1.7 g/t Au.

September 23, 2013

Friedland’s latest move: $24m in share placing to fund projects in Congo

The proceeds of the offering will push forward the Kamoa copper discovery and the Kipushi zinc-copper-lead-germanium-precious metals project

September 23, 2013

Thermo Fisher Scientific to Showcase Technologies for Advancing Mining at Exposibram 2013

Mining managers, engineers and technicians can view the extensive portfolio of Thermo Scientific instruments, equipment and software for advancing mining during Exposibram 2013, one of Latin America’s largest trade fairs…