July 13, 2016 Queensland mining industry backs action to fix coal worker health screening Queensland has released a final report into the re-emergence of coal worker pneumoconiosis, which confirms that a health screening system thought to protect underground coal workers has failed.
July 13, 2016 Diamond giant Alrosa unearths massive 214.65-carat rock It measures 42.11 by 34.26 by 16.07 mm, and is translucent with a grey hue.
July 13, 2016 Arizona court hands key legal victory to Hudbay’s Rosemont copper project Air quality control permit yanked last year has been reinstated.
July 13, 2016 Chinese Gov’t official appointment to Teck Resources board raises questions Watchdog worried about sovereignty issues in the country’s resource sector.
July 13, 2016 Coal India, Gov’t unfairly snapped up lands for mine expansions — Amnesty Coal India, which produces more than 80% of the country’s coal, plans to increase annual output to about 1 billion tonnes in the next four years.
July 13, 2016 Silver jumps 50 percent, but beware the devil’s metal The precious metal has nearly doubled its value so far this year, but history shows investors hoping to hop aboard the bandwagon should be wary.
July 12, 2016 Metso divests its head office property Metso has today sold its head office property located at Fabianinkatu 9, Helsinki, Finland, to Genesta's Nordic property fund, for a debt-free price of EUR 19.6 million.
July 12, 2016 Glencore to sell Australian coal train fleet within 3 months It expects to fetch between $755 million to $1.1 billion for the nine trains, which carry coal from mines in NSW to port operations on Australia's eastern seaboard.
July 12, 2016 Iron ore skyrockets to nearly $60 per tonne Chinese import price for 62% iron content fines at the port of Qinqdao rose 6.7% to $59.38 a tonne, the largest one-day percentage increase since April 21.
July 11, 2016 Bottlenecks expected as more Canadian oil meets tight pipe space Hundreds of thousands of barrels of new supply will have difficulty finding space in crowded pipelines.
Krypton in zircon grains reveals landscapes’ history and potential future, researchers say By measuring the krypton, the Curtin University team was able to work out how long zircon grains spent near the Earth’s surface before they were buried, like a ‘cosmic clock’. January 16, 2026 | 12:40 pm
