June 1, 2016 Brazil’s mining sector to recover lost ground as iron ore, metal prices stabilize Higher gold prices will push miners to restart or speed up development of projects, leading a fresh wave of mergers and acquisitions in the country, according to BMI Research.
June 1, 2016 Vale said to have altered crucial data from dam disaster Federal investigators claim Vale modified official documents detailing the chemical composition and concentration of the mineral waste spilled.
May 31, 2016 McDonald’s Japan fights low sales with appetizing prize: an 18-karat gold McNugget The campaign comes as the fast food chain steps up efforts to attract customers across the Asian country.
May 31, 2016 The big, the deep and the just plain crazy — mining and drilling facts and feats It’s only when something crazy happens that we normal folk start to take notice, which has given mining something of a reputation with most people.
May 31, 2016 Centerra Gold seeks international arbitration for dispute with Kyrgyzstan The company said the arbitration proceedings will be held at Stockholm and Sweden, and that they will be conducted under the UNCITRAL rules.
May 31, 2016 Sierra Leone grants preliminary OK to Stellar Diamonds Tongo mine The West Africa-focused firm said it was verbally informed of the approval by the country's Minerals Advisory Board.
May 31, 2016 Peru’s illegal gold miners back Fujimori’s vow to end crackdown Fujimori says she will repeal laws aimed at protecting the environment that ban the use of dredges and heavy machinery by miners in rivers and wetlands.
May 31, 2016 Bayer and Planetary Resources to collaborate to improve agriculture with space data Improving agriculture with crop-specific satellite images.
May 30, 2016 US coal ash highly rich in rare earths, scientists find Rare earths content was tested using hydrofluoric acid, which is much stronger and more efficient than industrial methods, but is too hazardous to use on a large scale.
May 30, 2016 Australian coal exports to Thailand four times higher The figures demonstrate that developing nations in South East Asia require high quality coal to meet increased electricity demand, powered by the growing urbanization of the population.
China aluminum output at record, steel below 1 billion tons Aluminum production increased 2.4% to to 45.02 million tons, having risen every year this decade. January 19, 2026 | 09:27 am
