Former Chinese commodities trader Jerry Ren, who is quietly building a mining empire in the Australian outback, scoffs at talk the resources boom is over. For him its just moved north. As some mining firms clock up billions of dollars in ...
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Egyptian miner, Asec, has posted EGP17.8m ($2.5m) in net losses in the first six months of 2013, compared with net losses of EGP15.2m ($2.1m) in the same period last year, Ahram has reported. Pre-tax financial results of the first six ...
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US-based coal producer Alpha Natural Resources has announced that its subsidiary Cumberland Coal Resources has resumed operations at its Cumberland underground longwall mine in Greene County, Pennsylvania and lifted the force majeure ...
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According to the latest financial report released by Hong Kong-based conglomerate CITIC Pacific, a diversified company with a primary focus on special steel manufacturing, iron ore mining, energy and property, in the first half of the ...
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Several influential environmental groups are gearing up to sue the Obama administration for refusing to regulate US coal mines as major emitters of methane, a greenhouse gas that many scientists say is fueling climate change. Ashley ...
Pump Solutions Group is pleased to announce that its Wilden Turbo-Flo Z air-operated double-diaphragm (AODD) pumps have received the Safety Certificate Approval for Mining Products, which certifies that the pumps can be used in mining ...
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Mining is a robust industry that plays a key role in a nation's economy. Large multi-national companies dominate the industry but small enterprises and individual entrepreneurs are also keen on taking a slice of the market pie. Small or ...
The sharemarket surged to its highest closing level in almost five years yesterday, with the materials sector leading relatively broad-based gains after China reported stronger than expected trade data, Wall Street hit record highs and spot ...
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A new research report backs the call for greater scrutiny of the impacts of mine-induced subsidence on prime agricultural land. The report, The Risks and Impacts of Coal Mine Subsidence on Irrigation Areas, was launched. It was prepared ...
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Indian iron ore producer Sesa Goa has announced its financial and operational results for the fourth quarter and the full financial year 2012-13 ended March 31. In the fourth fiscal quarter, Sesa Goa's net profit decreased by 74 percent ...
Russia-based leading global iron ore and hot briquetted iron (HBI) producer Metalloinvest and LLC Zeppelin Russland have announced the signing of a contract for the supply of six Caterpillar 789D dump trucks with an average carrying ...
India's Supreme Court has decided to lift the mining ban in Karnataka state, allowing 18 more mines, both category A and B, to resume operations 21 months after imposing a mining ban in the state for environmental reasons, according to ...
The cotton growers of Australia are likely to produce 4.15 million bales of 217 kg each by the end of this fiscal year, which ends on June 30, 2013. According to Cotton Australia, a leading body for Australia’s cotton industry, ...
Tags: Cotton, Cotton Industry, Cotton Market
Mongolian coking coal miner SouthGobi Resources has announced that it has resumed mining at Ovoot Tolgoi mine on March 22 and plans to produce 3.2 million of soft-coking coal during the rest of 2013. SouthGobi Resources produced 1.33 ...
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Mongolian coking coal miner SouthGobi Resources produced a total 1.34 million mt of unwashed thermal and coking coal in 2012, down 70.7% year on year compared with 4.57 million mt in 2011. Of the total, semi-soft coking coal output in ...
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