World’s largest steel mill to be transformed into a wind turbine plant
In a sign of changing times induced by climate change, the once largest steel plant…
China To Compensate Coal Plants As It Seeks Power Supply Stability
China will start guaranteeing payments to coal-fired power plants based on their installed capacity as…
Newmont to sell mines after Newcrest acquisition
Mine trucks at Newmont’s Porcupine mines. (Image courtesy of Newmont Goldcorp | Flickr) Newmont Corp. (NYSE:…
Barrick Gold boosts stake in Hercules amid takeovers craze
Drilling at the Idaho project. (Image courtesy of Hercules Silver Corp..) Barrick Gold (TSX:ABX)(NYSE:GOLD) announced on Monday a…
Panama Supreme Court to decide First Quantum’s contract fate
Cobre Panama mine. (Image: First Quantum Minerals.) Panama legislators approved on Thursday a Bill that…
MC Mining facing more turmoil as shareholders launch takeover
MC MINING, the coal development firm, faces more corporate turmoil after it emerged today it…
Gold harder to find than ever before as junior sector ‘hurts’
DIGGING in Egypt’s Eastern Desert, 25km from the Red Sea, geologists for Centamin, a UK-listed…
China’s grip on Africa’s minerals sparks a US response
The railway runs from Lobito, on Angola’s Atlantic coast, 1300km westwards to Kolwezi in the…
Major milestone for Leinster’s B11 block cave
BHP has announced that the B11 block cave, at its Nickel West operations in Leinster,…