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Survey shows strong hiring trend in SA mining

International management and professional recruitment specialist Antal reports that its quarterly survey of hiring and firing trends in some of the world’s most important employment markets, has found that the engineering and mining sector in...

Australian gas users fear shortage as LNG exports grow

Australia is on its way to becoming the world's top exporter of liquefied natural gas, but industrial consumers on the country's east coast are worried gas producers will ship so much to Asia's booming economies that domestic supplies will be...

Brazil billionaire's CCX to list on S.Paulo bourse

Brazilian billionaire Eike Batista's conglomerate, EBX, will list its Colombian coal mining offshoot, known as CCX, on the Sao Paulo stock exchange on May 25, the head of the newly founded company said on Tuesday. The listing would be the fifth...

Areva and Mitsubishi join forces on uranium

French energy major Areva and Japan’s Mitsubishi Corporation will jointly explore for uranium in Australia. In a statement on Tuesday, Areva said that the exploration would be conducted over a number of years, across a significant landholding...

Argonaut wants S Australia govt to focus on legislation change

ASX-listed Argonaut Resources on Friday welcomed the Australian High Court’s decision to reject an application by the South Australian government to appeal against a Supreme Court decision that overturned an approval by the Aboriginal Affairs...

Public-sector pension investment group encouraging miners 
to be more ecofriendly

The Public Investment Corporation (PIC) is seeking to encourage mining companies, in which it is invested, in to adopt environmentally-friendly policies. The PIC has investments in both listed and unlisted miners.



ENRC warns Q1 revenue hit by drop in prices, volumes

Kazakh mining group ENRC warned revenue decreased "significantly" in the first quarter compared to a bumper three months a year ago, hit by a drop in prices for the commodities it sells, especially iron-ore, and weaker production volumes. Cost...

Company Announcement: Anglo American Platinum Limited pioneers fuel cell technology in underground mining

Demonstrating its commitment to the mitigation of climate change and sustainable mining, Anglo American Platinum Limited (Anglo American Platinum) today launched a platinum-based fuel cell powered mine locomotive prototype.

US jobs data sends TSX to 2012 low

Canada's resource-heavy main stock index tumbled to a 2012 low on Friday as energy and financial shares sank after data showed slower US job creation and a euro zone economy on the edge of another recession. Markets were rattled by soft...

India eyes coal fund to buy assets abroad

India's coal ministry has proposed setting up a sovereign fund to buy coal assets abroad, Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal said on Friday, as the country struggles to secure supplies to meet booming demand mostly from its power producers. A...

Caterpillar boss upbeat about Africa's future, mulling investment

“I am more optimistic about Africa than I have ever been in my career,” said Caterpillar CEO Doug Oberhelman on Friday. “Africa has changed greatly.” Delivering a presentation at Barloworld, the South African Caterpillar dealer, the...