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Cecilia Jamasmie
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Cecilia Jamasmie is one of the news editors at MINING.com. With more than 12 years of experience in print media, TV, online media and public relations, Cecilia is now the Latin American news editor. She holds a Master of Journalism (MJ) from the University of British Columbia, Canada, and she is now developing a Spanish version of MINING.com to be launched soon.
Recent Articles
Australians fear Canadian gold company will shut historic mines
Posted on May 22, 2012
Australian Stawell Gold Mines will be closed within two years, despite Canadian company Crocodile Gold spending more than $100 million buying it.
Australian Crusader Resources to invest $400 million in Brazil gold mine
Posted on May 22, 2012
Australian company Crusader Resources Ltd. will invest $400 million in a gold mining project located in the Currais Novos region in Brazil’s north-eastern state of Rio Grande do Norte. The project is expected to be one of the biggest gold mines in the country.
DiamondCorp agrees on a $33.6 million loan deal with South Africa’s IDC
Posted on May 22, 2012
African DiamondCorp (LON:DCP) said its 74% owned Lace Diamond Mines, the company's primary asset in South Africa, has entered into a loan funding term sheet with the Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa Limited (IDC), the company announced Monday.
Xstrata relies on China to lift copper demand
Posted on May 22, 2012
Copper demand in China, the world's main consumer of the red metal, is expected to rebound in the second half of 2012, despite the uncertain outlook for Europe, the head of Xstrata PLC's copper division said.
BHP Billiton to restart manganese operations in Tasmania by the end of August
Posted on May 22, 2012
BHP Billiton (NYSE:BHP) surprised the market this morning with good news by announcing it will restart its TEMCO manganese operations in Tasmania by the end of August.
Rio Tinto donates $12 million biggest pink diamond to a museum
Posted on May 22, 2012
London-based diversified miner Rio Tinto (LON & NYSE:RIO) is donating the biggest pink rough diamond ever discovered, found earlier this year at its Argyle mine, to an Australian museum in Melbourne, reports The West.
Rio Tinto sells aluminum business for $185 million
Posted on May 22, 2012
In what it seems a move towards exiting the aluminum wire business, diversified miner Rio Tinto (LON & NYSE:RIO) announced it is selling its U.S.-based wire and cable business Alcan Cable to American company General Cable (NYSE: BGC) for $185 million.
McEwen considers selling the Los Azules Project in Argentina
Posted on May 18, 2012
McEwen Mining (TSX and NYSE:MUX) President and CEO Rob McEwen on Thursday cautioned shareholders that recent energy-industry expropriation and Argentina government policy decrees augured negatively for its San José silver/gold mine and other development projects.
Planetary Resources doesn’t want more people onboard its asteroids-mining ship
Posted on May 18, 2012
Less than a month after officially launching its asteroid-mining plans, Google’s billionaire co-founders and filmmaker James Cameron’s owned company Planetary Resources, has already decided not to accept any more job applications.
China is developing a grid better for coal than renewables: report
Posted on May 18, 2012
China won’t meet its carbon and energy intensity targets unless dramatic changes to its electricity grid are applied, says a study by U.S.-based Energy Transition Research Institute.
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