How do companies confidently calculate the worth of a resource?

A Canadian mining company has mounted extensive exploration programmes in the Central Mineral Belt (CMB) of Labrador, a province of complex geology and few inhabitants. It is focusing on clean energy components, including uranium and vanadium as vanadium redox batteries can rapidly charge and discharge without deterioration.

The StereoCore PhotoLog system from Ground Modelling Technologies in Johannesburg, South Africa, is finding applications in large mine projects, this article describes it.

Michael Forrest reviews the IOM³ 2009 Commodity Day, held on 24 November in London, UK, which focused on gold.

The South African gold industry has been moving towards deeper mines.This article considers the trend.

A risk assessment model to identify and quantify the environmental hazards of disposing of drilling discharges in the marine environment is described by Paul Page of BP Exploration Ltd, UK, and Mark Reed and Henrik Rye, both of SINTEF Materials and Chemistry in Norway.

Does prosecuting a company following an accident result in a better health and safety record?

Diamond markets are changing and companies are having to change with them.

The Wilson and Wheeler mines in the USA may produce gold again. Historically yielding high levels of the metal the sites are again under the spotlight.

This feature examines the issues surrounding accountability for reporting exploration results.