August 26, 2013

Skills shortages in mining a major barrier to Canadian competitiveness

Strong co-operation between government and private sector is needed to address challenges.

August 26, 2013

Canadian mine supplier gets rid of Hells Angels, owner faces death threats

Owner Leonard Banga fired close to 200 people with connections to the biker gang.

August 26, 2013

Boart Longyear reports a loss, axes thousands more jobs

The world's largest provider of drilling services for the mining industry said the current situation is the worst since the global financial crisis of 2009.

August 26, 2013

BHP’s former coal and iron ore divisions head retires in September

Marcus Randolph is the American who Andrew Mackenzie beat to become BHP Billiton CEO.

August 26, 2013

Canadian miner brings first group of foreign workers since last year labour dispute

HD Mining expects its first 30 Chinese coal miners to arrive in September.

August 26, 2013

The Doe Run Company VP and CIO Sharon Gietl to Speak at Mining IT Summit in Toronto

The 2nd Global Mining IT and Communication Summit will be held on 5-6 November in Toronto to exchange and share knowledge related to information and communication technology in the global…

August 26, 2013

Peru steps up crackdown on illegal mining

A few months ago, Peru’s illegal mining exports problem was worse than drug trafficking.

August 26, 2013

Gold sentiment shift? Hedge fund bets highest in 6 months

"We'll see gold prices continue to rise quite strongly over the next couple of months."

August 25, 2013

Where all the ETF sold gold ended up

Tracking the flow out of gold-backed ETFs from West to East.

August 24, 2013

FLSmidth axing 1,100 jobs

Denmark's FLSmidth has joined its Nordic peers Sandvik and Atlas Copco in announcing weak results.