Markets Live: Banks, Miners do heavy lifting Canberra Times 1:13pm: The market has closed firmly higher, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 jumped 44.9 points, or 0.9 per cent, to 4995, while the broader All Ords gained 42.3 points, or 0.9 per cent, to 5007. Upvotes:0 Downvotes:0 Copy Link | 1:03pm: One of the 18 companies named as ''upcoming floats'' on the ASX h...
Mine disaster in Tibet shows mineral development has been reckless (Video) The Examiner The Chinese government has been coming under attack for policy failures in association | with the loss of lives from a recent mining accident in Tibet. The South China Morning Post has reported on April 8, 2013, Tibet mine disaster 'shows failure of ...
Chile’s state-owned miner Codelco begins copper exports after port strike The Washington Post SANTIAGO, Chile — Chilean state-owned mining company Codelco has resumed shipments of copper after a port strike blocked exports in the world’s top copper producing nation. | Chief Executive Officer Thomas Keller says shipments will retur...
Emerald miner loses fifth of market value on Zambian anti-corruption plans The Guardian London-listed Gemfields warns that Zambia's plans to clean up the gemstone trade will put its profitability at risk | Mila Kunis has been signed up as the face of Gemfields. Photograph: Jim Smeal/Rex | The world's biggest emerald miner lost almost a ...
Two Miners Killed in Jigawa Mine Collapse All Africa [Premium Times]Two clay mine workers were on Saturday killed at a burrow pit in Yayarin-Tukur village of Buji local government area of Jigawa, a local official said. ...
Three trapped China miners rescued Belfast Telegraph Three miners have been rescued after spending two-and-a-half days trapped underground because of flooding in a coal mine that killed three of their colleagues, Chinese state media said. | They were lifted to safety from the mine in Guizhou province's...
Minerals Commission and Interior ministry collide over Hansol expatriate workers Joy Online The Minerals Commission is on a collision course with the Interior Ministry for giving small scale mining firm, Hansol Mining, approval to bring in expatriate workers. | The national security and the immigration service last month undertook an exerci...
Southern Cross, Polymetals merge to create future midtier gold miner Mining Weekly PERTH (miningweekly.com) – ASX-listed gold miner Southern Cross Goldfields and fellow listed Polymetals Mining on Monday announced a merger to create a diversified Australian gold company. | Under the merger agreement, Southern Cross was offeri...
China Mine Accident: Trapped Miners Rescued After Almost 60 Hours Underground Huffington Post BEIJING — Three miners in China have been rescued after spending two and a half days trapped underground because of flooding in a coal mine that killed three of their colleagues. | Xinhua News Agency says the three were lifted to safety from th...
Artisanal Miners Achieve 52.9 Percent of Plan Set By Ministry of Mines All Africa [Addis Fortune]Ethiopia collected 308.7 million dollars in the eight months of the current fiscal year gold exports supplied to the National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) by artisanal miners. Artisanal gold miners supplied 5,815Kg of gold to the NBE, which ...
Miners lead shares higher Canberra Times Australian stocks finished mildly higher as investors took their cues from Japan, amid renewed interest in local mining stocks. | The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index rose 14.1 points, or 0.3 per cent, to 4905.5, snapping a four-day losing streak, whil...
Advocaat: Apparently it's wrong to show emotion Goal The Eredivisie side's coach says he is disappointed with the way his comments have been interpreted by the media, and says he will start showing restraint when he speaks PSV coach Dick Advocaat believes he has been wrongfully criticised by the media ahead of his side's upcoming Eredivisie game against league leaders Ajax. | Advocaat's team will pla...
Reining in fully autonomous 'killer robots' Al Jazeera A science fiction-like arms race is quietly underway around the globe with the development of robots, with the autonomy to decide who shall live and die in wars of the future. | Fully autonomous machines could be deployed on battlefields within decades, and debate over the moral, ethical and legal consequences of unleashing "killer robots" is heati...
