The death toll from Saturday's coal mine blast and landslides in southwest Pakistan climbed to 23 on Sunday, officials said, after ending their rescue operation.At least 16 miners died on Saturday and more than a dozen were trapped after an explosion in a mine in the Marwar coalfields in Baluchistan province, Director of Disaster Management Attaullah Khan said.A methane gas build-up inside the min...Read More
Rescue teams have confirmed the death of a second Polish coal miner and are searching for three more trapped nearly a kilometre underground after a quake, the chief executive of the mine owner said.The quake hit the Borynia-Zofiowka-Jastrzebie coal mine in southern Poland on Saturday morning, initially trapping seven miners at a depth of about 900 metres (2,950 feet). It was the mine's strongest q...Read More
State energy giant Qatar Petroleum said on Sunday that it will list 49 percent of its shares in the country's aluminium smelter plant Qatalum in a public offering.The joint venture, in which Norway's Norsk Hydro owns 50 percent, is expected to be listed on the Qatar Exchange during the last quarter of this year after the necessary approvals.The move is part of the country's plan to "increase the p...Read More
With the support of EarthRights International, the Peruvian Chaupe Family announced this week that they intend to appeal a recent decision by a federal court in Delaware that ruled that their case against Newmont Mining Corporation (NYSE:NEM) should be heard in Peru - not Delaware, where the company incorporated almost 100 years ago.In a press release, EarthRights said that the Chaupes will fight...Read More
Mine operator Sibanye-Stillwater said five of 13 miners trapped underground in a South African gold mine were rescued but one of the five had died.Read full newsRead More
Four workers trapped underground after an earth tremor at a Sibanye Gold Ltd. mine in South Africa have died, bringing the number of people killed at the company's operations this year to at least 10.Read full newsRead More
A mining company in South Africa says seven workers died and six were rescued after an earth tremor caused a rock fall at a gold mine.Read full newsRead More
Seven miners were killed at Sibanye-Stillwater's Masakhane mine while six others are recovering in hospital after being trapped underground for two days, the company said on Saturday.Read full newsRead More
Rescue teams have yet to reach three miners who were trapped underground after an earth tremor at a Sibanye Gold Ltd. mine in South Africa triggered a cave-in that killed at least four people.Read full newsRead More
A mining company in South Africa says four workers have died and two others are missing after an earth tremor caused a rockfall at a gold mine.Read full newsRead More
Kejuan Frazier and Andrew Strzelecki were event champions on the first day of the MIAA Outdoor Track & Field ChampionshipRead full newsRead More
Mine operator Sibanye-Stillwater said five of 13 miners trapped underground in a South African gold mine were rescued but one of the five had died.Read full newsRead More
Four workers trapped underground after an earth tremor at a Sibanye Gold Ltd. mine in South Africa have died, bringing the number of people killed at the company's operations this year to at least 10.Read full newsRead More
Four workers trapped underground after an earth tremor at a Sibanye Gold Ltd. mine in South Africa have died, bringing the number of people killed at the company's operations this year to at least 10.Read full newsRead More
Teck Resources Ltd. (TSX:TECK.B)(NYSE:TECK) is Canada's largest diversified resource company. It is primarily engaged in the business of exploring for, acquiring, developing, and producing natural resources. The company is mostly known for its steel-making coal, copper, and zinc operations. As of end of 2017, steel-making coal accounted for 51% of revenues.In 2018, Teck is going to undergo a sign...Read More
Cameco Corp. (TSX:CCO)(NYSE:CCJ) has persevered in a difficult uranium market for a decade, but that there are signs that a recovery may finally be taking hold.This isn't the first time we've witnessed growing optimism in the uranium market, but the forces and stakes to drive prices higher are much stronger than they've ever been previously.What's wrong with the uranium market?Back in 2011, urani...Read More
Since the beginning of 2018, gold has been stuck in a trading range between $1310 and $1360. Silver has ranged between $16.20 and $17.50, though primarily between $16.80 and $16.25 since February. So what's next? While most analysts base their views largely on chart technicals, I have found - at least for me - the Commitment of Trader "tea leaves" is a more reliable forecasting tool. F...Read More
Thousands of articles have been written about the so-called Russian hack of the US election. The term "Russian hack" suggests the Russkies actually found a way to subvert the results of voting machines.But of course, no convincing evidence has been presented to support such a charge. In fact, when you drill down a few inches below the surface, you find this charge instead: Russia hacked into email...Read More
Birth rates are plunging almost everywhere. The first chart below shows that even notoriously populous China and India have entered the same reproductive neighborhood as the US and are not that far from the assisted living center formerly known as Japan. Which is to say their populations have not only stopped increasing, they'll actually start falling pretty soon. The thing that makes economists n...Read More
Thousands of articles have been written about the so-called Russian hack of the US election. The term "Russian hack" suggests the Russkies actually found a way to subvert the results of voting machines.But of course, no convincing evidence has been presented to support such a charge. In fact, when you drill down a few inches below the surface, you find this charge instead: Russia hacked into email...Read More