enCore to acquire Azarga Uranium in all-stock merger

The market research firm states that despite coal being an increasingly targeted commodity on environmental protection grounds, the demand remains strong.

Imports of jewelry, precious metals and stone products would be under the microscope.

Shandong's Environmental Protection Bureau said it would cut pig iron production capacity by 600,000 tonnes and crude steel by 3.55 million tonnes by the end of this year.

A researcher at the University of Kansas wants to study the fundamental factors that limit how atoms make bonds to uranium.

Imperial Oil says it has commenced and is ready to expand field testing of driverless oilsands heavy haulers.

They were said to be investigating a private Russian security company operating in CAR as well as Russia’s interests in the local diamond, gold and uranium sectors.

Company said first-half profit grew 12% to $4.42 billion, below the $4.53 billion forecast by analysts.

Despite President Donald Trump’s repeated assertions of its bright future, coal mining is a dying industry and the secret to a long life in this twilight era is accepting mortality.

BHP Billiton last week agreed to sell its U.S. shale oil and gas assets for $10.5 billion, while Rio Tinto appears on track to exit its troubled investment in the giant Grasberg copper and gold mine in Indonesia for about $3.5 billion.