Class action to be launched over casuals in Australia’s coal mining
On Monday, Adero Law is planning to launch a class action that involves some 400 people and that is led ...
Month: June 2018
Germans rally against the country’s reliance on coal
Residents of five German cities, including Berlin and Hamburg, took it to the streets on Sunday to protest against the ...
Workers protest at Newmont Ghana’s operation
Ghanaian media are reporting that people that work for Newmont Ghana’s subcontractor at the Ahafo gold mine have downed their ...
Automakers spending $255B on EVs a 'pile-up of epic proportions'
Mining – and not just juniors – needs to tell a good story to attract investors into what is a ...
Centerra delays completion of deal over Kumtor mine as Kyrgyz PM mull revisions
Canada's Centerra Gold (TSX:CG) agreed this week to extend the deadline for completion of all conditions included in a deal it signed ...
Asanko, Gold Fields $185 million-venture in Ghana gets the green light
Ghanaian authorities have approved a $185-million partnership between South Africa’s Gold Fields (JSE, NYSE: GFI) and Canada’s Asanko Gold (TSX: ...
Volkwagen invests USD$100m in solid-state battery research firm
Volkswagen is investing USD$100m in QuantumScape to accelerate the commercialization of its solid-state battery business. Solid-state batteries are a rival technology to ...
Antarctic ice sheet is melting, but rising bedrock below could slow it down
An international team of researchers has found that the bedrock below the remote West Antarctic Ice Sheet is rising much ...
Trade worries aside, copper price has further to fall
After taking a breather yesterday copper was in retreat again on Thursday falling to $3.018 a pound or $6,650 a ...
Global copper output up 7.1 pct in first three months of 2018
Miners around the globe dug up 330,000 more tonnes of copper between January and March this year than in the ...