February 11, 2013

The Pope quits: Who will give Anglo’s Cutifani divine assistance now?

Entering Anglo American CEO, Mark Cutifani, recently turned to the Vatican for advice on community relations. Will the Pope Benedict XVI's exit affect Anglo's decisions?

February 11, 2013

Blast at Russia coal mine kills 18

A deadly explosion at a coal mine in the remote Russian Far North, within the Arctic Circle, left 18 people dead so far, said Monday the country’s Emergency Situations Ministry.

February 10, 2013

Convinced you’d rather work for Amazon than down a coal mine? Read this first

FT takes a look at the fortunes of Rugeley now that the online giant Amazon has replaced the coal mine as the economic heart of the small English town.

February 10, 2013

Putin turns black gold into bullion

When Vladimir Putin says the U.S. is endangering the global economy by abusing its dollar monopoly, he's not just talking. He's betting on it.

February 9, 2013

Russian Economy Ministry: UMMC Once Again Outpaces Norilsk Nickel in Terms of Copper Production

UMMC outproduces Norilsk Nickel in copper

February 9, 2013

Criticism of ‘quantitative easing’ intensifies ahead of G20 meeting

Bill Gross, Jim Rogers and Ron Paul lead a growing chorus of QE criticism

February 9, 2013

Anorthosite has huge three market potential

Rare earths abound in Greenland — one of the last frontiers for resource extraction.

February 8, 2013

New Integration with Carlson Machine Control and Atlas Copco’s FlexiROC™ with HEC3 Drills

This marks the first successful factory installation of a 3D drilling system integrating Atlas Copco’s new third party protocol available on FlexiROC™ drills with the HEC3 system.

February 8, 2013

China is going coal crazy: imports jump 56%

Increase comes on top of record 2012.

February 8, 2013

Areva looking for a huge uranium deposit in Sweden

French company partners with Australia's Aura Energy to explore the Haggan Project.