North America

ZincOx has failed in its attempt to raise the US$5 million that would have allowed it to reschedule US$57.1 million of debt owing to Korea Zinc. ZincOx will now hand a 90% stake in its South Korean recycling plant...

Klondex Mines (TSX:KDX) has added to its portfolio of properties by acquiring the idled Rice Lake Mine in Manitoba, Canada. The Nevada-focused gold and silver producer said Friday it would buy the mine and mill for US$20 million in...

One of the largest copper mines in Africa is increasing production at its open pit operation by employing a fleet of 200-tonne haul trucks with overhead trolley-assist specially designed for long, steep, uphill climb conditions. Duratray SDBAmong the fleet...

The southern cutback to the existing Belinau open pit at Sumatra Copper & Gold’s Tembang project has advanced as planned with the first underground development drive now into high grade gold and silver-bearing ore on Level 1. The re-optimized...

This is Hillary Clinton $30bn plan to save coal miners US Democratic presidential candidate and former Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, doesn’t believe in coal mining, but she is willing to spend $30 billion on a plan aimed at...

Defence of West Virginia's former 'King of Coal' rests without calling witnesses The defence of ex-Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship, the man once known as West Virginia's 'King of Coal,’ and that now faces charges of conspiring to break...

Ex-Massey Energy CEO's fate in hands of West Virginia jury Members of a West Virginia jury have began deliberating the fate of former Massey Energy’s chief executive, Don Blankenship, who faces charges related to a deadly 2010 coal mine...