February 8, 2016 Cutting staff increases the need for training While companies cut, employers in the resource and mining industry have expressed concern over growing skills shortages.
February 8, 2016 ‘Zombie’ stocks haunt Canada’s oil patch, but buyers not interested Buyers are not biting in worst market in generation.
February 8, 2016 Gold bulls keep smiling — metal price pushes past $1,200 mark Spot gold reached a peak of $1,201.40 an ounce, it highest level since mid-June.
February 8, 2016 Bankrupt Alpha Natural Resources lays off over 230 coal miners This is the third time in a month the U.S. coal miner downsizes its workforce.
February 8, 2016 Tahoe Resources adds Canadian gold mines to portfolio by buying Lake Shore Tahoe Resources has agreed to buy Canadian precious-metals miner Lake Shore Gold in an all-stock deal valued at Cdn$945 million ($678 million).
February 8, 2016 Alecto Minerals strikes JV deal with Randgold for Mali project Once deal is completed, Randgold would fund all costs, including the completion of a pre-feasibility study on over the former's Kossanto West Gold Project in Western Mali.
February 8, 2016 Mongolia’s Gatsuurt project faces uncertainty The nation has struggled to manage its resources leading to disagreements and protests of mining operations.
February 8, 2016 Three-way claim between UK, India and Pakistan set for Koh-i-Noor diamond Pakistani court agrees to hear claim for diamond from Crown Jewels, once the world’s largest known diamond.
February 5, 2016 Mining among unhappiest industries to work in — study Experts looked at over 500,000 survey responses from over 60,000 employees in 13 different industries worldwide.
February 5, 2016 Three missing after South African gold mine collapses, trapping 87 Trapped miners were brought to the surface through ventilation shafts.
South32 posts nearly 17% jump in quarterly manganese output The world's biggest manganese producer produced 1.3 million wet metric tons of the steel additive for the December quarter. January 21, 2026 | 02:06 pm
