July 1, 2012
Kazakhstan mining giants seek to placate simmering labour dissent
At 65, Pavel Shumkin says he has lived a decade longer than the average coal miner in Kazakhstan. He recalls a time when he drank beer with his bosses after…
July 1, 2012
At 65, Pavel Shumkin says he has lived a decade longer than the average coal miner in Kazakhstan. He recalls a time when he drank beer with his bosses after…
July 1, 2012
Ohi nuclear plant’s reactor No. 3 was restarted on Sunday, the first nuclear reactor to power back up after Fukushima nuclear disaster.
June 29, 2012
First Uranium Corporation (TSX:FIU, JSE:FUM) is a Canadian resource company which operates the Ezulwini mine, an underground gold and uranium operation and Mine Waste Solutions (MWS), a tailings recovery facility.…
June 29, 2012
The opposition Democratic Party declared victory in yesterday’s parliamentary elections over Mongolia’s ruling party in a highly disputed election that focused on how to better share profits from a conflict-ridden…
June 29, 2012
Japan's nine nuclear power utilities have rejected calls from some of their shareholders to reduce or even eliminate the use of nuclear energy. Tokyo Electric Power Co's shareholders approved a…
June 29, 2012
The last ten wagons of around 1,000 tonnes of coal trundled out of the Duhamel shaft, marking the end of a 250-year history of mining in the region.
June 29, 2012
People will learn to adapt to a warmer climate and car drivers will not be retrofitting their vehicles to fill up with natural gas, said Exxon Mobil's CEO, Rex Tillerson,…
June 29, 2012
Helga, the proprietor of a bar, realizes that virtually all of her customers can no longer afford to patronize her bar. To solve this problem, she comes up with a…
June 28, 2012
An insight into the salaries of technical, managerial and administrative folk who work on Canadian Mines.
June 28, 2012
The dramatic announcement that the president's signature achievement, the Affordable Health Care Act, is constitutional also means that benefits for black lung victims will stay put.
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