Geologists reveal ancient connection between England and France
The British mainland was formed from the collision of not two, but three ancient continental land masses, according to new ...
Belo Sun license should be reviewed by Brazil federal Gov’t, court rules
A Brazilian court has placed a new obstacle in the way of Canada’s Belo Sun Mining’s (TSX:BSX) plans to develop ...
Annual zinc production at top five miners
Teck Resource's Red Dog is still zinc's king-of-the-hill after producing 542 kilotonnes of the metal in 2017. While top-ranked Red ...
Vale truck fleet at Brazil mine going fully autonomous in 2019
Brazil’s Vale (NYSE:VALE), the world’s No.1 iron ore miner, is turning the truck fleet at its Brucutu mine in Minas ...
De Beers’ recent diamonds sale the worst in two years
Anglo American’s De Beers, the world’s No.1 diamond miner by value, has just had the lowest sales for its seventh ...
Financial fears to support gold: GFMS
Resurfacing financial fears will ultimately be supportive of gold, says Reuters in a study published this month. The precious metal ...
Ancient farmers spared us from glaciers but profoundly changed Earth's climate
New evidence shows that ancient farming practices led to a rise in the atmospheric emission of the heat-trapping gases carbon ...
Volcano under ice sheet suggests thickening of West Antarctic ice is short-term
Evidence left by a volcano under the ice sheet suggests that the observed bulging of ice in West Antarctica is ...
Global warming: Worrying lessons from the past
Fifty-six million years ago, Earth experienced an exceptional episode of global warming. Within 10,000 to 20,000 years, the average temperature ...
Shining light on ancient global warming
The impact of global warming on shallow marine life approximately 56 million years ago is the subject of a significant, ...