March 4, 2012

Mining giant turns to content marketing to attract quality candidates

Australia, Canada, South Africa and many more countries are courting a small, transient, global workforce of engineers, geologists and metallurgists to keep their mining, oil and gas, and energy operations…

March 4, 2012

Angola blood diamond case: Bermuda firm cited

Angola’s attorney general has summoned witnesses to testify in a case involving a Bermuda-registered mining company which implicates some of the top figures in the country’s military and security establishment…

March 4, 2012

Mountain Province Diamonds: Progress at diamond JV with De Beers

Following the receipt on January of information requests under the Environemtal Impact Review, De Beers has advised that they are on track to provide responses to the review by the…

March 4, 2012

Indian billionaires jostle for Australian coal mines

Driven by an insatiable demand for energy back home, a number of Indian billionaires are jostling to get their hands on Australian coal mines.

March 4, 2012

Australia’s iron ore exports to China up

Reuters reports iron ore shipments to Chinathrough Australia's Port Hedland rose modestly in February compared with January, according to data released by the port authority, suggesting steady demand from the…

March 4, 2012

Sharp drop in diamond exports from Botswana in January

For the fourth consecutive month, diamond exports from Botswana have declined. The diamond producing country exported $109 million worth of diamonds in January, the lowest export level since August 2009.

March 4, 2012

Shanghai copper stocks at highest since Aug ’02

Copper inventories in warehouses monitored by the Shanghai Futures Exchange rose to their highest in nearly a decade, data showed yesterday, suggesting oversupply in top copper consumer China where demand…

March 4, 2012

Xmet to expedite acquisition of 100% interest in Duquesne-Ottoman Project (853,000 ounces Au and growing)

Xmet Inc. ("Xmet" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:XME)(OTCQX:XMTTF) is pleased to announce that it has signed a New Option Agreement with Globex Mining Enterprises Inc. and Geoconseil Jack Stoch Ltee…

March 4, 2012

Old king coal has a new crown jewel

Illinois' Prairie State power station is on the brink of production and the $5 billion coal-fired plant will supply electricity to 2.5 million households for at least the next 30…

March 4, 2012

Deckhand drowning marks 2nd fatality attributable to US coal industry in 2012

A deckhand preparing barges for coal loading in the Tennessee River drowned early on the morning of Feb. 26, becoming the second fatality attributable to the coal mining industry in…