February 2016

Vladimir Basov | February 29, 2016 - 3:58 pm

Base Metals

Copper sags as China stimulus move fails to stem demand concern

Copper for delivery in three months slipped 0.2 percent to settle at $4,695 a metric ton ($2.13 a pound).

Bloomberg News | February 29, 2016 - 3:38 pm

IMAGE GALLERY: How Boart Longyear makes a drill bit

MINING.com tours Boart Longyear's shop floor in Salt Lake City Utah.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | February 29, 2016 - 3:07 pm

Energy

Consol unloads Virginia coal mine for $420 million

The sale leaves Consol will only have three mines in southwestern Pennsylvania and one site, the Miller Creek complex, in southern West Virginia.

Andrew Topf | February 29, 2016 - 2:54 pm

Battery Metals

Graphite: What iPhones, NASCAR and Tesla have in common

Focus Graphite CEO and Director Gary Economo says the tipping point is coming for natural flake mining developers—even during a depressed commodities cycle.

The Gold Report | February 29, 2016 - 2:20 pm

JCHX to Establish One of the World’s Most Advanced Mining Training Centres

Re-affirming their position as one of China’s leading underground contract miners, Beijing-based JCHX Mining Management is expanding its Miyun County mining training centre. In one of the biggest mining simulator deals of 2015, the company will purchase five new CYBERMINE training simulators from ThoroughTec Simulation, who continue their expansion in the Chinese market.

Thoroughtec | February 29, 2016 - 1:54 pm

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EPA Funds Small Businesses to Develop Environmental Technologies

Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced eight contracts to small businesses to develop innovative technologies to protect the environment, funded through EPA’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program.

Environmental Protection Agency | February 29, 2016 - 1:44 pm

Precious Metals

Endeavour gets bump from $25M Burkina Faso mine sale

Endeavour has sold its Youga mine to privately-held MNG Gold for US$25.3 million.

Andrew Topf | February 29, 2016 - 1:36 pm

Precious Metals

Skeena Files National Instrument 43-101 Technical Report on Donnelly-GJ Copper-Gold Resource Estimate

The report, titled “Technical Report on the Donnelly-GJ Deposit Area, GJ Property, Liard Mining Division B.C. Canada” was filed February 26th, 2016

Skeena Resources | February 29, 2016 - 1:18 pm

Improved mine planning software in bundle release

Enhanced usability in Implicit Modeler and MineSight 3D

Hexagon Mining | February 29, 2016 - 12:51 pm

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