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If you enjoy the feeling of being trapped, maybe you’ll enjoy The 33. The unavoidable consequence of making a movie in which the main characters are confined to a small, dark space for much of the film is that...

Vale (NYSE:VALE) said on Monday that it would take several years for Brazil's Doce river to recover following a deadly tailings dam burst at an iron ore mine it jointly owns with BHP Billiton (LON:BHP, ASX:BHP). In an update...

Global coal imports heading for second year of ‘dramatic’ dropsNearly all of the 47% growth in total world coal trade between 2008 and 2013 was driven by rising coal import demands by countries in Asia, specifically China and India…...

Teck Resources to axe 1,000 jobs, lowers dividendWork at Carmen de Andacollo copper mine, located in Chile's north-central region of Coquimbo.  Canadian mining giant Teck Resources (TSX:TCK.A, TCK.B), (NYSE: TCK) has decided to cut 1,000 jobs, or around about...

Krause and his team, which includes archaeobotanists and a large number of students from Goethe University, have been researching in the area for 15 years. German researchers have detected traces of mining activity in Central Europe dating back to...

K+S Potash to hire 150 workers for its Canada’s Legacy projectWhile some companies in Saskatchewan, Canada’s and the world’s potash heart, are axing production or set to layoff employees, Germany-based fertilizer producer K+S AG is looking to hire hundreds....

Vladislav Zhdanov was appointed as Vice President of ALROSA, starting from 17 November. The competence of Vladislav Zhdanov will lie in economic security of the Company, he will also be in charge of internal audit and monitoring, risk management....