RepRisk, a provider of business intelligence on environmental, social and governance risks, released a report this week on the 10 most controversial mining companies of 2011.
Thousands of informal miners suspended their indefinite protest in the gold-rich Peru’s Madre de Dios region after three gold miners were killed in clashes with police yesterday.
OAO Lukoil (LKOH), Russia’s largest non- state oil producer, plans to start a diamond mining project next year after investing about $1 billion in a possible challenge to OAO Alrosa (ALRS)’s monopoly, said two people familiar with the matter.
LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peru’s government says it’s sending 1,000 police reinforcements to an Amazon basin capital where three people were killed […]
Having a gun in the field doesn't provide anymore protection during bear encounters than encounters without, according to Tom S. Smith, a Brigham Young University biologist.
In 1837, mining engineer William Armstrong laid the foundations for what has become a successful multi-disciplinary international company. Today, the firm offers a wide range of skills across renewable energy, waste resource management, land and property, infrastructure and utilities. It also continues to build on a strong heritage in mining, quarrying and mineral estates. And a steadily rising proportion of the firm’s business – now some 40 per cent - is in international markets.
Thirteen people had been confirmed dead after a mining capsule fell out of control into a pit at an iron ore mine in Shandong province Thursday, local authorities said.
Luxury jewellery retailer and miner Harry Winston Diamond Corp. is one of several potential buyers of BHP Billiton's Ekati diamond mine in the Canadian north, according to media reports Wednesday.
A federal judge said Wednesday he was outraged over a plea deal that settles criminal charges against the operator of a Utah coal mine that experienced two lethal cave-ins in 2007 that killed nine people.
As the silver space picks up momentum and grabs attention, it's taken on a decidedly Latin look.