Miner stakes claim in reality series The Columbus Dispatch | Joe Blundo is a Dispatch Life columnist. | Joe Blundo's Blog | Chloe, the dog with cancer whom I wrote about yesterday, will get her treatment. Subscribe to The Dispatch | Sign up for home delivery of The Columbus Dispatch and find out What's...
Small Scale Miner Dies in Mishap All Africa [Arusha Times] A small-scale miner (MwanaApolo) died at Mirerani Tanzanite mine in Simanjiro District, Manyara Region while another was seriously injured when a wall of a mine they were working in collapsed. | ...
Miners drive shares to 8-month high Canberra Times | Australian shares rose to an eight-month high today as mining stocks were bolstered by firmer copper prices and on hopes of an interest rate cut by the Reserve Bank. | The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index rose 34.5 points, or 0.8 per cent, to 4396.6,...
Markets Live: Miners lead shares higher Canberra Times | Australian shares had a strong day as the RBA board prepares for a meeting tomorrow which is expected to deliver a cut in official interest rates. | 4.15pm: All sectors closed higher, but gains were led by a 1.4 per cent rise in the materials secto...
SA Government approves reopening of mineral sands mine Australian Broadcasting Corporation A controversial mineral sands mine in the South Australian Mallee has been granted State Government approval to reopen. | The zircon mine at Mindarie closed in 2009 after its former owner went into administration. | The site's new owner, Murray Zirco...
Gloomy miners suffer in silence The Australian | MENTAL illness, associated with isolation and overwork, looms as a threat to the mining boom and affects up to 10,000 workers each year in the sector in NSW alone. | Illnesses such as depression and anxiety disorder are costing the state's mining i...
Aurora’s forgotten miners cling to life Independent online It will probably take as long as six years, but Neal Froneman, the new owner of the Grootvlei mine, hopes that struggling former employees of the bankrupt Aurora Empowerment Systems will find work with his company. | “We’re very aware of ...
Revenue fear as miner ducks tax The Australian | AUSTRALIA'S fourth-biggest iron ore miner appears not to expect to pay the new minerals resource rent tax in its first years of operation, casting doubt over Treasury's forecasts of a $10.6 billion revenue take over the next three years. ...
Europe's miners hoping to get their hands dirty again Mineweb | Where others see economic chaos, a number of miners see the opportunity to get Europe's mining sector moving RELATED STORIES | Gabriel contemplates lower cyanide level at Romanian gold mine | Has Gabriel's Rosia Montana gold pro...
Sir Alex Ferguson and Roberto Mancini go toe-to-toe during Manchester derby The Daily Telegraph Australia | MANCHESTER United manager Sir Alex Ferguson accused Manchester City counterpart Roberto Mancini of 'badgering' the officials after the pair clashed on the touchline during the derby at the Etihad Stadium. | City prevailed 1-0 thanks to captain Vincent Kompany's first-half header to take them top of the Barclays Premier League table, abo...
Samsung overtakes Nokia in phones Joy Online Samsung Electronics has overtaken Nokia to become the world's largest maker of mobile phones, according to research firm Strategy Analytics. | Nokia took the top spot in 1998 from Motorola, but in the first quarter of 2012 Samsung shipped 93m phones compared to almost 83m by Nokia. | Samsung also reported its highest quarterly profit since 2008. | ...
