Mining industry employees and jobseekers are prioritizing a work-life balance when they look for a new role or when they start feeling dissatisfied in the position they are in.This is according to a survey of almost 800 people conducted by Perth-based Mining People International in January 2019.The recruitment agency reported that when asked "What takes priority when you're searching for your next...Read More
Zimbabwean media reported that Anjin Investments, the diamond company partly owned by the Chinese, is expected to return to the mines in the Marange diamond fields of eastern Zimbabwe.Reportedly, local villagers and human-rights activists are not impressed. Before Anjin was expelled from the Marange diamond fields some three years ago by past President Robert Mugabe, the company was accused of of...Read More
Global Atomic's 'transformational discovery' changes everythingSPONSOREDglobal atomic corp"Tshisekedi would be a relatively positive figure for mining investment"SPONSOREDverisk maplecroftAlkane maps own path to world-class critical metals producerSPONSOREDalkane resourcesWestern Atlas drill-ready in NunavutSPONSOREDwestern atlas resourcesIt said "impressive surface alteratio...Read More
Rwanda's government aims to put its 49 percent stake in the country's biggest cement maker, Cimerwa, up for sale this month, the prime minister said on Saturday.The company, which is 51 percent owned by South Africa's PPC Ltd, has an installed annual production capacity of 600,000 tonnes."We have asked our partners if they are interested and the timeline is one month," Edouard Ngirente told a meet...Read More
"Newcrest to acquire 70% of Red Chris gold/copper mine in British Columbia's golden triangle for US$806.5m $NCM $III.ca https://t.co/e4yTUAHxvZ"Read full newsRead More
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Drug trafficking, battles between state forces and armed groups, extortion and illegal gold mining have transformed southern Venezuela into a region where citizens live in a parallel state ruled by organized crime. Read full newsRead More
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Graphene and gold are now being used in ultrasensitive biosensors to detect diseases at the molecular level with near perfect efficiency.In a paper published in the journal Nature Nanotechnology, scientists with the University of Minnesota explain how they developed ultrasensitive biosensors capable of probing protein structures and, therefore, able to detect disorders related to protein misfoldin...Read More
Australia's largest gold producer, Newcrest Mining, (ASX: NCM) is acquiring a 70% joint-venture interest in Imperial Metals' (TSX: III) Red Chris copper and gold mine, located in British Columbia, Canada, as part of an ongoing push by the world's top bullion miners to get even bigger.The Melbourne-based company, which is also the world's No. 3 gold producer by market value, is paying Imperial $806...Read More
While it seems to fly in the face of everything we believe and have been taught about nuclear power, it may actually be the safest form of power production that we have. Ironically, the immense potency of the power of splitting an atom is simultaneously what makes nuclear weapons so dangerous as well as what makes nuclear power so safe. Despite high-profile nuclear disasters like Chernobyl in Ukra...Read More
When OPEC started an oil-price war in late 2014, most people believed U.S. shale was doomed. In reality, the giant oil majors suffered most - burdened by expensive mega-projects, Chevron Corp., BP Plc and the rest struggled to adapt to the fall in energy prices.Slowly, those companies figured out how to survive in the lower-for-longer price era. They cut costs and, more importantly, learned how to...Read More
Russian gold and silver producer Polymetal increased its ore reserves by 15 percent last year to 24 million ounces of gold equivalent, the company said on Monday. Gold reserves rose 21 percent to 22.3 million ounces, while silver reserves fell 15 percent to 135 million ounces last year, Polymetal said.Mineral resources rose 44 percent to 26.3 million ounces of gold equivalent, the company said.(By...Read More
SEMAFO (TSX: SMF) (OMX: SMF) and Savary Gold (TSX-V: SCA) announced today that they have entered into a definitive combination agreement pursuant to which SEMAFO will acquire all of the issued and outstanding common shares of Savary not already owned by it.In a press release, the companies explained that the transaction is being carried out by way of a three-cornered amalgamation, which will be vo...Read More
It's been a tough year as India's fourth-richest man has struggled to return to his roots.When Lakshmi Mittal, 68, left India for a vacation through Asia more than four decades ago, he didn't plan to stay in Indonesia and lay the foundation for a steel empire that spans the globe and generated $5 billion in profits last year. Yet that's what he did, even as a string of efforts to establish himself...Read More
SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. has had more than its share of woes lately. The company faces charges for bribery in Libya, posted two profit warnings for troubles in Chile and Saudi Arabia, and has lost almost half its value in nine months.Why, then, is Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau risking his political career to rescue the construction firm? It comes down to three things: jobs, SNC's political...Read More