With a blogger’s eye, today I celebrate the miners who perished in the sinking of the Titanic. Their story epitomizes the story of all miners; people who go to the next ore body; the next mine; the next chance to earn an honest living; and who face dangers and death at every turn and move.
Afghanistan is seeking aid from the Australian mining industry in the creation of a school of mines to help the recovering country exploit its vast natural resources, reports Chinamining.org.
[Afghanistan] Mines Minister Wahidullah Shahrani said, "Australia is a model for us". "The government of Australia has been very generous to help us with our technical capacity, give us scholarships for postgraduate programs in the mining area and we've also been sending some people to the Australian department of mines and petroleum," he told The Australian.
Fact - our reality is we’re living on a relatively small planet with a finite amount of reserves and a growing human population that wants an increase in their standard of living.
George Ireland, portfolio manager with Boston-based Geologic Resource Partners, believes in seeing what he invests in and his passport bears witness: 80 countries visited in five years.
Egon von Greyerz told King World News that gold imports in China have ramped up considerably due to concerns about the world […]
Peru’s long-running Conga mine dispute is about to reach a turning point as international consultants appointed by the government in February finalize their environmental report on Newmont Mining and Buenaventura's US$4.8 billion copper-gold project.
Legendary commodity-investor and Singapore resident, Jim Rogers, told China Daily News that the property market has been slowed down and there is no crisis.
There are many reports on today’s new about a rant and rave by Fidel Castro on mining. Granted the old man is certifiably mad and that he runs a country supported by nickel mining and we can safely ignore all he says.
Fidel Castro said Prime Minister Stephen Harper suffers from illusions regarding resources and the extensive claims the U.S. has on Canada.
TSX-listed Emed Mining hopes to re-open the Rio Tinto copper mines in southern Spain after an almost 30-year hiatus.