BHP Billiton, the world's biggest mining company, said labour and equipment shortages forced it to stagger the proposed expansion of its Olympic Dam uranium, copper and gold mine, forecast to cost at least $US6 ...
Now on file with the Arizona State Mine Inspector's Office in Phoenix is a proposed Reclamation Plan submitted by BHP Billiton for its existing Copper Hills aggregate mining unit north of Globe.
Mexico's largest mining union began a one-day strike to protest the government's delay in recognizing the re-election of Napoleon Gomez Urrutia as its leader.
Coal is driving China's extraordinary economic growth As part of a special People & Power series, Chinese film maker Yang Shaobin, who was born in the area, visited a mine in the heart of the country's ...
....The operation cleans out the dust from the lung cells - the lung function will be improved after the cleaning," the nurse says.
However very few miners are as lucky as Shao Lun. As a manager in one of the leading state-run companies, he qualified - one of only 900 miners a year - to receive this life-saving operation paid for by the state.
Forty five children living in the Australian mining town of Mount Isa, where Xstrata Plc produces 4 percent of the world's lead, have blood lead levels above World Health Organization standards, a ...
Excellon Resources Inc. announces that it has temporarily suspended work at the Platosa Test-mine while it investigates an unexpected underground water inflow.
Representatives of the Quebrada Blanca Mining Workers' Union in Chile and the United Steelworkers have signed a historic accord to make the giant Teck Cominco corporation more ...
The company that was planning a 500-megawatt coal-fired power station near Gascoyne, in Bowman County, says the project is on hold.
Barrick Gold Corp., a Canadian-based mining company, spent $240,000 in the first quarter to lobby on mining rules and other issues, according to a disclosure form.
Large diesel generator sets are being brought from Australia to BHP Billiton's Hotazel manganese mines in South Africa to keep critical sections operative should power outages occur, ...
Iron ore rival Brazil has challenged Australia, unveiling a $US27 billion plan to nearly double production of the steel-making ingredient amid surging Chinese demand.
Sino Gold Mining Ltd, owner of China's second-largest gold mine, plans to sell as much as A$204 million in shares to existing shareholders to close its forward sales contracts for the precious metal.