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Australian-UK specialty metals company Wolf Minerals is set to deploy IFS Applications as its ERP system when it opens its first UK mine near Plymouth, Devon. At its Drakelands Mine, the metals company is in the process of developing...

An energy ministry official has said that Greece's new government will not oppose Canadian Eldorado Gold's mining operations in the country. The official said that, although the government will not hinder the gold-producing company, the ministry will review its...

Spain's Andalucían regional government is re-opening the controversial Los Frailes mine in Aznalcóllar, near Seville. In April 1998, a holding dam at the mine burst releasing around five million m³ of acidic mine tailings containing dangerous levels of several...

Poland is to seek approval from the European Commission for its plan to extend state funding to some loss-making coal mines. The slump in coal prices, increase in production costs and sliding demand is affecting the financial health of...

Razrez Arshanovsky has announced the opening of its new coal mine in the Khakassia Republic of southern Siberia, Russia. Arshanovsky mine was previously is said to have faced opposition over pollution fears, threats to water and fish supplies and...

Chile's Supreme Court has declined to hear Barrick Gold’s (TSX, NYSE:ABX) appeal of a lower court's decision involving fines imposed on its now shelved $8.5 billion Pascua Lama gold-silver project by the country's environmental regulator, the company said....

SunCoke Energy is to implement a phased plan to scale-back its coal mining business in a bid to focus on its core competencies of processing and handling raw materials for industrial customers.   SunCoke Energy chairman and CEO Fritz...