BHP officially drops 'Billiton' from name
The world’s largest miner, BHP Billiton, (ASX, NYSE:BHP) (LON:BLT) has officially dropped “Billiton” from the company’s name as part of a $10 ...
Month: November 2018
Canada’s Canarc buys Corral Canyon gold project in Nevada
Vancouver-based Canarc Resource (TSX: CCM) just bought the Corral Canyon gold exploration project in northwestern Nevada through the staking of ...
Great Bear buys royalty-free Ontario gold project
Great Bear Resources (TSXV: GBR) announced that it completed a series of payments aimed at gaining 100% royalty-free interest in ...
Volcanoes and glaciers combine as powerful methane producers
Large amounts of the potent greenhouse gas methane are being released from an Icelandic glacier, scientists have discovered. A study ...
'True polar wander' may have caused ice age
Earth's latest ice age may have been caused by changes deep inside the planet. Based on evidence from the Pacific ...
Climate, life and the movement of continents: New connections
A new study has demonstrated a possible link between life on Earth and the movement of continents. The findings show ...
Earth's magnetotail: First-ever views of elusive energy explosion
Researchers have captured a difficult-to-view singular event involving 'magnetic reconnection' -- the process by which sparse particles and energy around ...
Massive impact crater from a kilometer-wide iron meteorite discovered in Greenland
An international team has discovered a 31-km wide meteorite impact crater buried beneath the ice-sheet in the northern Greenland. This ...
Osisko cuts 13% zinc and lead in Titan zone at Key Anacon project
Osisko Metals (CVE: OM) of Montreal has released results of the drill program at the Titan zone on its Key ...
Azincourt, New Age sample high grade Li2O at Lithium One
The joint venture of Vancouver-based Azincourt Energy and New Age Metals has received assays up to 4.1% lithium oxide from the Silverleaf ...