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Uralkali CEO arrested in Belarus, potash market uncertainty escalates 27 Aug 2013 | 03:53 pm
The CEO of Russia's largest potash producer Uralkali (LON: URALL) was arrested Monday after being invited to a meeting with the Belarusian prime minister, in an escalation of the rift between the Russ...
80,000 honey bees help Canadian junior get back to business in Spain 27 Aug 2013 | 11:27 am
Vancouver-based Astur Gold Corp. may proceed with their Salave gold project in Asturias, Spain after soil contamination was found to be minimal. Spanish NGO Wild Animal Protection Fund – at the reque...
Global QE exit crisis coming, Fed 'steeped in denial' 27 Aug 2013 | 05:14 am
A global crisis is coming as the Fed winds down its policy of bond purchases knowing as quantitative easing, according to economist and Yale University professor Stephen Roach. Roach claims that the ...
Canadian mine supplier gets rids of Hells Angels, owner faces death threats 27 Aug 2013 | 01:09 am
Canadian mine supplier Xtreme Mining and Demolition did something that no other business has dared to try so far — the Saskatoon-based company got rid of all employees with connections to the Hells An...
Two rabbis and a gold miner rang the NYSE opening bell 27 Aug 2013 | 12:52 am
Nevada-based, precious metal producer Comstock Mining (NYSE:LODE) invited two Chassidic Rabbis to ring the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange Aug. 13. The company was celebrating one year of...
Boart Longyear reports a loss, axes thousands more jobs 27 Aug 2013 | 12:00 am
Boart Longyear (ASX: BLY), the world's largest provider of drilling services for the mining industry, logged Monday a substantial loss and said it is cutting thousands more jobs as it experiences the ...
INFOGRAPHIC: The commodity supercycle 26 Aug 2013 | 11:58 pm
China makes a lot of stuff, which buoyed the commodity supercycle. The scale of it all is neatly shown in this infographic by the International Business Times. China produces just under half of the w...
BHP’s former coal and iron ore divisions head retires in September 26 Aug 2013 | 10:47 pm
Marcus Randolph, the American Andrew Mackenzie beat to become BHP Billiton (ASX, NYSE, LON: BHP) CEO, will leave the company at the end of this week, after a brief return to work following extended si...
Canadian miner brings first group of foreign workers since last year labour dispute 26 Aug 2013 | 09:27 pm
HD Mining, the Vancouver-based company that sparked controversy in October last year with a scheme to hire up to 2,000 Chinese miners for its proposed $300 million northern B.C. coal mine, is expected...
Peru steps up crackdown on illegal mining 26 Aug 2013 | 03:25 pm
Peru’s battle against illegal mining just got tighter as the government announced it will increase control over small-scale processing plants, frequently used by illicit miners to cover up their activ...
