September 24, 2012 ‘Culture of cover-ups’ leads to Australia’s most lethal mines A "culture of cover-ups" has led to a fatality rate for mines in mineral-rich Western Australia which is three times greater than that of any other Australian state.
September 24, 2012 Chinese reforms anticipate sustained decline in coal prices Slated reforms to China's pricing system for the carbon fossil fuel indicate that the country's leading decision-makers anticipate a sustained decline in global spot prices.
September 24, 2012 Sandfire defies wave of project setbacks to launch copper mine on schedule Western Australia's Sandfire Resources (ASX:SFR) is on the verge of bringing its DeGrussa copper mine on line in accordance with its original schedule and budget targets.
September 24, 2012 Street brawls break out in Guinean alumina town The Guinean town of Fria has seen street brawls break out during the weekend over the alleged theft of diesel from an alumina refinery by black market fuel merchants.
September 23, 2012 How the UK central bank staff pension fund gained from QE Inspired trading or insider trading? An exposé of how the Bank of England's quantitative easing boosted its own staff retirement fund.
September 23, 2012 Uralkali settles US antitrust suit with pocket money, passes buck to Potash Corp et al The class-action dates back to 2008 and accuses seven companies of engaging in a global conspiracy to raise the price of potash.
September 22, 2012 Mafia turns gold into Italy’s fastest growing export Custom seizures of gold are up 50% with one of the latest cases a father and daughter arrested trying to squirrel out 50kg of the metal in unmarked ingots.
September 21, 2012 Vancouver’s BioteQ announces joint venture partnership with China’s largest copper mining company Vancouver-based BioteQ Environmental Technologies Inc., a leader in innovative technologies for industrial wastewater treatment, recently announced a joint venture partnership with China’s largest copper mining company, Jiangxi Copper Company.
September 21, 2012 Metso and Boliden sign an extension of the services contract for Boliden’s Aitik mine in Sweden Metso continues to strengthen its own services organization in the region
September 21, 2012 Sandvik Mining celebrates five years LTI-free in De Beers’ Snap Lake diamond mine At a ceremony held at De Beers Canada’s Snap Lake Mine on September 11th, 2012, Sandvik Mining celebrated the achievement of five years without any Lost Time Injuries (LTI’s), a…
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