No casualties in fire at Russia’s Raspadskaya coal mine, Evraz says

Diamond production went up by 6% in the first quarter of the year.

The UN warns there are 40 indigenous groups are at risk of disappearing in the country.

With little or no cellular coverage in remote regions, mining companies have limited options for tracking and monitoring their fleets of vehicles. Anu Sood, Channel Marketing Manager at SkyWave Mobile Communications, discusses how one mining company adopted satellite messaging terminals to manage their fleets and reduce ore and fuel theft.

Erdene Resource owns the Altan Nar gold-polymetallic project, located in southwest Mongolia, 200 kilometres from the border with China.

The Oakajee port and rail project has the potential to become one of the major suppliers of Australian iron ore to Asia.

Weak commodity prices hurt Teck's three core business units —coal, copper and zinc— but coal was particularly hard hit due to increased supply from Australia, the company said.

Gold smuggling into India has increased dramatically since the nation hiked its import duty on the yellow metal from 4% to 15% last year.

The move is considered by many a threath to Hong Kong’s transit role.

Suncor said it is working with the RCMP and Alberta Occupational Health and Safety to complete a full investigation into the incident.