ECONOMY: EU Involvement in DRC Mining Project Draws Protest
The involvement of the European Union in a mining project in the Democratic Republic of Congo has drawn a chorus of protest from local and international human rights advocates.
The involvement of the European Union in a mining project in the Democratic Republic of Congo has drawn a chorus of protest from local and international human rights advocates.
The president of the Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan says the world's largest fertilizer producer must reach out to the aboriginal community to help meet its future employment needs.
RIO Tinto, the world's second biggest aluminium producer, will spend $US228 million to upgrade its Shipshaw power station in Canada.
The project is expected to be completed in December 2012. a oeThis modernisation and upgrading of the Shipshaw power generating station underscores the importance we place on secure, competitively priced energy ...
HELSINKI, Finland : Finnish metals group Outokumpu Oyj said Thursday that it narrowed its losses by two thirds in the third quarter, to 74 million , mainly because of lower nickel prices.
Coal company executives say less government regulation would help them help the country decrease the country's dependence on foreign energy.
Russian steelmaker Evraz has announced it has added 100 new jobs to operate a new $100-million production facility in Regina that creates large tubular steel pipes.
Mine operators praised the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration for tackling what they consider a major safety problem across the country.
Kennecott Minerals Co. originally intended to ship the ores to Canada. But project manager Jon Cherry says that plan was scrapped because of soaring fuel costs.
Environmentalists and a company seeking to mine cobalt in central Idaho are hailing a deal they say assures protection of the Upper Salmon River watershed long after the mine closes.
Nucor Corp. plans to build a 500-employee iron plant in Convent and wants to break ground in January, as long as Louisiana grants the necessary environmental permits and the Legislature backs an incentives ...
KITAKYUSHU Steel production was halted at Nippon Steel Corp.'s Yawata Works complex in Kitakyushu when a fire broke out Tuesday morning at several points along a gas pipe outside a coke factory, firefighters ...