Boliden’s Q2 earnings disappoint despite near fivefold rise
The miner said higher metal prices boosted its earnings, while lower treatment charges and metal premiums weighed on the result.
Twenty miners are trapped underground due to a fire at PotashCorp’s Rocanville mine in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan, about 230 kilometres east of Regina.
The fire was reported at 1:56 a.m. while 29 workers were underground, according to an e-mailed statement from PotashCorp (NYSE & TSX:POT). Nine miners ahve already been rescued, but it is unclear how deep the other workers are, or whether they are all together or in separate locations within the mine
