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NASA gets serious about asteroid mining in new mission

"The mission will develop important technologies for asteroid exploration that will benefit anyone interested in exploring or mining asteroids, whether it's NASA or a private company."

MINING.com Editor | August 9, 2013 | 1:21 am

The year’s best meteor shower is coming this weekend

The point from which the meteors appear lies in the Perseus constellation.

MINING.com Editor | August 8, 2013 | 11:08 pm

Now is the time to short sell gold miner volatility: Michael Purves

GDX volatility is at multi-year highs.

MINING.com Editor | August 8, 2013 | 10:30 pm

Rio Tinto half year profit plummets 71% on weak commodity prices

Rio doesn't expect Chinese growth to recover in the second half of the year.

MINING.com Editor | August 8, 2013 | 10:25 pm

Diamonds prices down 2.1% in July

Prices for 0.30-carat rocks certified polished diamonds dropped 3.7% during the month, 3% for 0.50-carat gems, and 1.3% for 3-carat rocks.

MINING.com Editor | August 6, 2013 | 5:48 pm

Top ten write-downs of the summer

Biggest impairments all gold miners.

MINING.com Editor | August 4, 2013 | 7:35 pm

Ancient gold of lost Egyptian city going on display

The ancient port city of Heracleion was lost underwater for 1,200 years.

MINING.com Editor | July 31, 2013 | 6:35 pm

VIDEO: Red-hot nickel ball annihilates jello

The adventures of the red-hot nickel ball continue: This time Youtube video-maker and nickel-aficionado carsandwater has filmed what happens when a sphere of […]

MINING.com Editor | July 29, 2013 | 12:00 pm