Zambia to audit copper mines to check on cheats!
Zambia is conducting an audit of mining companies to determine their earnings...
Geoscience events - Archive
Improved ventilation system for u/g mining
A new generation of Swedvent underground ventilation fans and ducting...
Strike takes shine off Gujarat diamond industry
The diamond industry in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, is in a state of turmoil. More than...
Posco’s India plans hit a wall
The world’s third-biggest steelmaker by output, Posco, which is to invest $162...
Catholic Church calls on new Philippines president to scrap mining law
The Catholic Church in the Philippines, a powerful political and social force...
Atlas Copco announces record Q2 margins
Swedish compressor and machinery maker Atlas Copco (ATCOa.ST) bounded to...
Preview - impact of various Australian election outcomes on the mining tax
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard is likely to call an election on Saturday...
Global Warming Slows Coral Growth in Red Sea
In a pioneering use of computed tomography (CT) scans, scientists at Woods Hole..
Remarkable Fossil Cave Shows How Ancient Marsupials Grew
The discovery of a remarkable 15-million-year-old Australian fossil limestone...
’Black Box’ Plankton Found to Have Huge Role in Ocean Carbon Fixation
Scientists at the University of Warwick and the National Oceanography Centre in Southampton...
Afghanistan Mines interview: banking on on mining, with copper and iron ore to the fore
Afghanistan has some ambitious plans to develop its undoubted mineral potential which could...
China and India growth competition will push oil, gold and metals prices higher
China and India oil thirsty nations are already pitted against each other to secure...
Million dollar gold coin sold at no premium to weight value
A Spanish precious metals trading company bought the world’s largest gold coin for 3.27 ...
Gold in the context of the financial crisis
The paradox is the trigger of the crisis, i.e. too cheap money, is now being treated...
Afghanistan to put Hajigak iron ore deposit up for tender in September
Afghanistan plans to tender its Hajigak iron ore deposit in September and aims for...