May 25, 2015

Canada’s Territories hold massive shale oil reserves similar to US Bakken field

Energy regulator says it holds as much as 200 billion barrels of shale oil reserves, comparable to North Dakota’s thriving Bakken field.

May 25, 2015

Barrick sells Cowal mine to Evolution Mining for $550 million

With the acquisition Evolution Mining will become Australia's second largest gold producer.

May 25, 2015

State of emergency in Peru as anti-mining violence leaves 4 dead, dozens arrested

The move suspends civil liberties, allowing police and troops to enforce curfews in an effort to end two months of fresh violence in Arequipa.

May 22, 2015

US Congress passes bill on space mining

Welcome to the future.

May 22, 2015

Zijin Mining, Gold Fields among final bidders for Barrick’s Australian gold mine

Analysts believe Cowal mine may be worth at least $400 million, and that Barrick would likely get as much as $1.1 billion from the sale of both, the New South…

May 22, 2015

US coal miner Murray Energy to lay off around 1,800

The planned cuts, about 21% of Murray’s workforce, will come largely at mines in Ohio and West Virginia, a state hit hard by recent coal mine closures and layoffs.

May 22, 2015

Metso places mining division in back burner as sales remain poor

Metso and its peers in a Nordic cluster of mining gear suppliers, including Atlas Corp., Sandvik and FLSmidth have been squeezed by spending cuts among miners in the last three…

May 21, 2015

Struggling Argentina expects US$14 billion in mining exports

The return to higher exports would be driven in part by at least 16 major projects likely to go into production within five years.

May 21, 2015

‘Lean and Mean’ is the secret to junior mining equity success: Thibaut Lepouttre

In this interview with The Gold Report, Lepouttre talks at length about some of his favorites inside and outside the gold space.

May 21, 2015

This is what the CAT 336F L XE hybrid excavator looks like

It has a “smart” pump, boom works faster, and burns less fuel.