February 16, 2013 BHP-owned Aussie coal mine to lock workers out again BHP Billiton-owned Appin coal mine in southern Australia will lock out its workforce Sunday amid tense negotiations with supervisors over a new corporate agreement.
February 16, 2013 Most contaminated nuclear site in the U.S. leaking waste Washington authorities claim no higher radiation levels have been detected at the site, but the leak could be in the range of 150 gallons to 300 gallons.
February 16, 2013 Myanmar: No incendiary weapons used on copper mine protest crackdown The country rejected Saturday an independent report claiming security forces used white phosphorus in a crackdown on a Chinese-backed copper mine protest last November.
February 16, 2013 Goa mulls banning all new iron ore projects Officials claim Goa should be focused instead on exploiting existing low-grade iron ore dumps worth billions.
February 16, 2013 Chinese infrastructure giant eyeing Canadian gold Sona Resources says it has brought a Chinese engineering, procurement and construction firm, China Machinery Engineering, on board to help arrange financing for a gold mine restart in BC.
February 16, 2013 Vista Gold done with Phase 1 of water treatment at Australian project To date, Vista had invested over $9 million in the water treatment programme and the construction of the automated management system, at the Mt Todd mine site in Northern Territory,…
February 15, 2013 Meteorite takes out roof and wall of Russian zinc factory Meteorite crashes into Russia, injuring about 1,000 people.
February 15, 2013 De Beers sees diamond market showing signs of recovery, focused on SA mine expansion World's biggest diamond producer said Friday jewellery demand will experience moderate growth this year, which represents a major shift from the 12% decline in rough diamond prices last year.
February 15, 2013 US sanctions crossed out gold-for-gas trade between Iran and Turkey: report The Turkey-Iran gold-for-gas exchange can be considered dead as tighter US sanctions imposed on Tehran have already stopped Turkish Halkbank from processing other countries’ energy payments to the OPEC oil…
February 15, 2013 Asteroid miner ready to ‘save the Earth’ from falling celestial objects Planetary Resources says it has already developed the prototype for a spacecraft that can help detect and characterize potentially hazardous asteroids.
Chile’s Mantoverde copper output hit as labor talks stall, union says The labor authority had notified that the company will not have emergency personnel from the union to keep facilities operational. January 12, 2026 | 11:18 am
