Digging for cobalt riches: Congo races to fix a deadly problem
The man was digging a toilet in his backyard when his shovel struck a shimmering blue vein of cobalt... At least that’s the legend in Kolwezi.
The man was digging a toilet in his backyard when his shovel struck a shimmering blue vein of cobalt... At least that’s the legend in Kolwezi.
The diamond business has been one of the first to embrace blockchain technology wholeheartedly.
The beneficiaries are gold and treasury yields, with gold rallying and treasury yields declining as investors seek safe havens.
Company has agreed to sell its 80% stake in the Kestrel mine to a consortium comprising of private equity manager EMR Capital and Indonesian coal company Adaro Energy.
The accident killed 19 people, left hundreds homeless and unemployed and caused sludge to wash downstream into the neighbouring state of Espírito Santo.
Alberta is boosting its use of renewable energy, closing power plants that burn coal and in January increased its tax on carbon emissions by 50 percent.
Producers in South Africa are closing shafts and cutting jobs as a stronger rand combines with stagnating prices for the metal in squeezing profit margins.
Results from 11 of the 12 drilling rigs at its 85%-owned Cascabel copper-gold project, suggest there is much more intense mineralization in the property than thought earlier, the company said.
ABB AbilityTM Performance Optimization for hoists is incorporated into the new ABB AbilityTM Collaborative Operations Center in Västerås, Sweden; it provides optimization and technical support for customers’ hoist systems to reduce unplanned stoppages and increase system safety and reliability
Vedanta wants to double its smelter capacity from 400kt to 800kt p.a in 24 months.