June 21, 2012

Caterpillar sales up 11% in 3 months to end of May

Strong demand for Caterpillar Inc.'s (NYSE:CAT) construction and mining equipment in North American continues to offset slow sales elsewhere in the world, as the company reported Wednesday an increase of…

June 21, 2012

Meet graphene, the material of the future

One of the strongest materials known to date – a sheet as thin as paper is strong enough to support an elephant and it can also stretch like rubber. The…

June 21, 2012

Adani refutes foreign workers accusations

Indian coal mining giant Adani denied claims it's cheating the Australian migration system by sneaking in foreign workers.

June 21, 2012

Bolivia won’t pay Glencore for taking its mine

Bolivia’s leftist government announced it won’t pay any financial compensation to Swiss miner Glencore after yesterday’s decision to take over its Colquiri tin and zinc mine.

June 21, 2012

PHOTOS: Rioting Spanish coal miners fire homemade rockets

With subsidies to Spain's coal industry about to be yanked, striking workers are ratcheting up the pressure on the government and clashing violently with police.

June 21, 2012

XPS Plant Support Group helped commission Nixon Fork mine’s new CIL Plant

Nixon Fork is a gold-copper mine aiming to produce 50,000 oz/y of gold. The mine is a historical producer located within the Tintina gold belt and was recommissioned by Mystery…

June 21, 2012

FLSmidth builds supercenter in Delmas, South Africa

Global engineering company FLSmidth is constructing the first Supercenter on the African continent and the eighth of its kind in the world.

June 21, 2012

Xstrata to pay $342 million to execs after Glencore merger triggers ‘red-top alert’

The unusual alert, considered the Association of British Insurer's most serious warning, indicates a breach in corporate governance.

June 20, 2012

Mine Site Technologies opens new office in Europe

Mine Site Technologies has continued its strategic expansion with the opening of its newest sales and support office in Europe.

June 20, 2012

Australian PanTerra Gold restarts operations at Las Lagunas gold and silver project

Australian PanTerra Gold restarted operations at its Las Lagunas gold and silver project, in the Dominican Republic, adding that the feed issues to the Albion carbon-in-leach processing plant had been…