Building and Construction Industry Training Organisation Chief Executive Warwick Quinn says the number of new residential building consents issued in 2017 is expected to exceed those issued in 2016, resulting... read more →
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Nearly two-thirds of U.S. coal producing states lost coal mining jobs in 2017, even as overall employment in the downtrodden sector grew modestly, according to preliminary government data obtained by... read more →
OceanaGold Corp delivered record annual gold output and met its production guidance for the sixth consecutive year in 2017. Read more;
You don’t need to know how to pipe a bathroom to run a plumbing contracting firm. Read more;
Foresters and provincial officials are burning tens of thousands of trees along the boundary of Jasper National Park to try to slow the spread of mountain pine beetles. Read... read more →
Construction of the largest solar power system in Major League Baseball has begun at Petco Park, home of the San Diego Padres. Read more;
Wood Mackenzie sees copper demand increasing significatively over global supply in the next decade and, together with it, miners’ need for reliable sources of water. Read more;
India’s steel ministry is seeking to remove import tax on coking coal to soften the impact of rising costs on users of the key steel-making fuel and promote production of... read more →
Driven by a drop in single-family construction, U.S. housing starts plunged in December, marking the biggest decline in new residential construction in a little over a year. Read more; ... read more →
Avanco has agreed to a deal with Brazilian major Vale to purchase 100 per cent of its Pantera copper project in Brazil, in an acquisition expected to cost anywhere between $25... read more →