Europe
Timetric survey says 48% of European and FSU miners will adopt autonomous vehicles by 2020
A survey by Timetric's Mining Intelligence Centre (MIC) has revealed that 48% of miners in Europe and Former Soviet Union (FSU) countries intend to...
Europe
Barclays stops funding mountain-top removal coal mining process
UK banking and financial services company Barclays, the largest financier of the mountain-top removal (MTR) in 2013, has announced it will no longer finance...
Asia Pacific
Mongolia halts landmark deal with foreign firms over massive coal mine
Barely 24 hours after Rio Tinto-controlled Turquoise Hill (TSE:TRQ) got the go-ahead for the long-delayed expansion of the massive copper-gold Oyu Tolgoi mine, the...
Asia Pacific
Nautilus Minerals resumes undersea mining exploration
Canadian seafloor miner Nautilus Minerals (TSX:NUS) said Tuesday it has struck a deal with provider Gardline CGG, which will allow the company resume exploration...
Latin America
Robbers grab gold worth $8m from Mexico mine
McEwen Mining (NYSE:MUX)(TSX:MUX) on Tuesday reported an armed robbery at its El Gallo 1 mine in Sinaloa, Mexico. According to a statement an...
Latin America
Batista trial descending into farce
Brazilian tycoon Eike Batista's fortune topped out at an eye-watering $32.8bn in April 2012 when his oil and gas firm OGX's first wells went...
Africa
Harmony halts operations at Unisel mine after fatal incident
South Africa’s Harmony Gold (JSE:HAR) (NYSE:HMY) announced Tuesday that an employee was fatally injured in an engineering related accident while performing maintenance work at...
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