Laser experiments lend insight into metal core at heart of Earth
Experiments replicating conditions at the core of Earth could help scientists understand how the planet and its atmosphere were formed....
Barrick’s Acacia Mining keeps suffering from Tanzania row
Acacia Mining (LON:ACA), Tanzania's No.1 gold producer, said Friday production fell sharply again in the second quarter of the year as a...
Copper price takes another huge hit
The price of copper suffered its seventh straight day of declines on Thursday, losing more than 3% in New York...
Thermal coal prices hit 6-year high
Benchmark seaborne thermal coal prices jumped to $120.10 per tonne on Thursday, its highest level since November 2012, thanks to...
Finds at Lucapa’s Lulo project jump on record mined diamonds
Australia’s Lucapa Diamond (ASX:LOM) said Thursday production at its 40%-owned prolific Lulo project, in Angola, rose 20% during the June quarter....
Hitching gold to the electric vehicle bandwagon
There may also be a gold angle to the electric vehicle revolution, argues the Gold Council in a study that...
Reconstruction of underwater avalanche sheds light on geohazards that threaten underwater telecommunication cables
Researchers have reconstructed the 1929 Grand Banks underwater avalanche to better understand these common geohazards, which threaten critical seafloor infrastructure....
Global warming may be twice what climate models predict
Future global warming may eventually be twice as warm as projected by climate models under business-as-usual scenarios and even if...
Rio Tinto says synergies, no Brexit behind decision to move sales team to Germany
World’s second largest miner Rio Tinto (ASX, LON:RIO) said its recent decision to consolidate the sales and marketing teams in London...
Upper and lower plate controls on the 2011 Tohoku-oki earthquake
Researchers have been studying the great Tohoku-oki earthquake which occurred on March 11, 2011, to the east of Japan's Honshu...