July 31, 2012

Atmos Global’s ‘air quality and climate change academy’ launches globally

"The radical transformation of the world and current workplace diversity and mobility trends have led to an increased demand for ‘learning by doing’ training services that meet the learners’ needs…

July 31, 2012

High River provides update on Nord Gold offer

Nord Gold plans to make a formal offer to acquire the common shares of High River its affiliates do not already own.

July 30, 2012

PhotoSat completes stereo satellite elevation mapping of Newstrike Capital’s Ana Paula gold deposit in Guerrero, Mexico.

The company has completed digital elevation mapping of Newstrike’s Ana Paula gold deposit in Mexico, using stereo satellite photos from WorldView-2, one of the world’s newest commercial high resolution imaging…

July 30, 2012

Consol’s conveyor calamity

'Structural failure' at CONSOL Energy's mine and preparation plant in Pennsylvania has the company reporting that the Bailey and Enlow Fork mines could be fully impacted for the next two…

July 29, 2012

Northern Iron says receives rival bid from Prominvest

The new offer from Prominvest was highly conditional and indicative with a cash price of A$1.42 per share, Northern Iron said. That was just above a sweetened A$1.40 per share…

July 29, 2012

UK Coal faces questions of life and death

It was the last Friday in September last year, after a week dealing with the death of Gerry Gibson, killed in a rockfall at Kellingley pit in 2011, that the…

July 27, 2012

NORD Drivesystems gearmotors are being used on the Pradier quarry site in the South of France

The IECS Company, specializing in the manufacture, assembly, and maintenance of quarry and sand pits equipments has chosen NORD gearmotors to power the new aggregates production unit of the Pradier…

July 27, 2012

Unions stop Codelco from selling off Gaby

The board of Codelco has authorized its chief executive, Thomas Keller, to go ahead with feasibility studies to turn its subsidiary Gabriela Mistral into a new business division.

July 27, 2012

Nord’s HRG offer still too low

I fully expect the committee to come out and endorse the offer from Nord and to recommend HRG shareholders accept the offer in one of its forms the valuation to…

July 27, 2012

Anglo American disappoints: profits down 40% and Minas Rio delayed another year

The global miner joined the ‘disappointing results club’ this morning as the London-listed mining group reported that its first-half operating profit dropped almost 40%.