September 12, 2016 Six workers safely rescued from South African abandoned gold mine South Africa is believed to have approximately 6,000 abandoned mines and between 8,000 and 30,000 illegal miners across the country.
September 12, 2016 Barrick Gold, Cisco push mining into digital era starting with Cortez mine The goal is to apply the latest technology available to cut costs and bring additional value out of existing operations.
September 12, 2016 Potash Corp. and Agrium merge, create $36bn fertilizer giant The combined firm will be the world's largest crop nutrient producer and third largest natural resource company in Canada.
September 12, 2016 Canadians asked to weigh in on new open-pit oilsands mine Prospect of another big oil sands mine in Alberta raises issues of growth and cap on emissions.
September 11, 2016 Stars aligning for platinum price Study predicts fifth year of growing deficits and halving of above ground stocks as strikes in top producer South Africa loom.
September 11, 2016 NASA’s latest mission may tell us whether asteroid mining is really a go OSIRIS-REx will collect samples from an asteroid and return them to Earth, in what it could be a pivotal step for firms currently planning to tap into the space mining…
September 9, 2016 Mongolia readies to revive its giant Tavan Tolgoi coal mine Erdenes Tavan Tolgoi (ETT), the state-owned company that holds the license to the deposit, has already begun evaluating bids and calculating the potential economic benefits of restarting it.
September 9, 2016 Uranium mining in Canada one of the world’s cleanest — study New study shows that mining and milling uranium contributes very few greenhouse gases to the total emissions produced by nuclear power generation.
September 9, 2016 Norilsk: A blood red river runs through it River near the eponymous city of world's top nickel and palladium miner turns crimson.
September 9, 2016 Australia’s Tiger Resources to fast-track plans to explore potential cobalt production at its African copper project Tiger Resources Managing Director, Mr Michael Griffiths, released the positive results of an independent study the Company had commissioned to investigate the viability of producing cobalt at its Kipoi Project…
Congo says it would seek other partners if US minerals framework fails "The rivalry between China and the United States - we are not interested in it," the country's mines minister said. February 11, 2026 | 07:12 am
