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.

February 15, 2013

China, Ghana gold production spike, others fall

The top 10 gold producing countries mined out 1,799 tonnes of the precious metal which is 2% more than in 2011.

February 15, 2013

Fluid Couplings Avoid Unexpected Downtimes of AFC Drives

Jin Cheng Coal Group relies on proven Voith Technology.

February 15, 2013

Industry Leader to Head Infrastructure Division at Fyfe

“By expanding across infrastructure we’re diversifying our business and building our quality offering to clients.

February 14, 2013

TERRATEC Delivers TR3000 Raise Boring Machine for Mexico

The TR3000 Raise Boring Machine is robustly designed for easy use and high reliability. This machine is capable of boring a 3 metre diameter hole up to 600 metres deep…