May 8, 2012

Driverless trucks and trains to expand in Australia: Rio Tinto

Giant miner Rio Tinto (LON and NYSE: RIO) says the automation technology being rolled out in driverless trucks and trains in the Pilbara will soon move to the Bowen Basin,…

May 8, 2012

Canadian Oil Sands companies to help financing deadly highway improvements

Canadian Oil Sands companies are asking the government to upgrade the section of Highway 63 north of Fort McMurray, in the province of Alberta, which leads to several oil sands…

May 8, 2012

Potash is a diamond in the rough for the Republic of Congo

Australian junior Elemental Minerals (ASX, TSX: ELM), which is developing a potash project in the Republic of Congo, announced it has increased measured and indicated resources at its Kola deposit…

May 8, 2012

World Jewellery Forum launches dedicated website

A dedicated website has been launched to provide information for attendees of the upcoming World Jewellery Forum, which begins on May 13 in Vicenza, Italy.

May 8, 2012

Falling output hurts SA gold miners

South African gold producers are expected to report lower quarterly earnings with production knocked across the board as output-disrupting safety stoppages continue to sting, a Reuters poll of 7 analysts…

May 8, 2012

Kinross Gold’s Mauritanian desert storm

The Tasiast gold mine in the Mauritanian desert was the biggest acquisition in Kinross Gold Corp.’s 19-year existence and one of the biggest takeovers in the history of the gold…

May 8, 2012

Finning awarded $96 million equipment sale from UK mining specialist Hargreaves

Finning International Inc. (TSX:FTT) announced that its U.K. and Ireland division has secured a seven-year mining equipment and service contract with Hargreaves Services for a total value of approximately $96…

May 8, 2012

Recycled diamond tender tops $5 Million

Recycled diamonds are a growing source of diamonds for traders since the 2008 economic crash and since became a focus for a number of companies in the industry that now…

May 8, 2012

New legal challenge filed against UP nickel mine

A private club in Michigan's Upper Peninsula has filed a federal lawsuit to halt construction of a nickel and copper mine, saying Kennecott Eagle Minerals Co. did not obtain necessary…

May 8, 2012

Sirius Minerals lights up UK mining hopes with Yorkshire potash plan

Last week saw plans unveiled for what would be Britain's biggest mining venture since the days of coal.