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MINING.com is hiring again

The key participant in the news team and help produce content for us.

Download MINING.com's new Android app

Our Android mobile phone and tablet app gives you access to up the minute global mining news, market data and charts covering precious and base metals, minerals, global stock markets and currencies. Get it now for free.

Thanks Reddit

Here is Michael McCrae's picture verification.

MINING.com celebrates two-year anniversary, one-million monthly pageviews

We also celebrated another significant milestone: in January 2013 we passed one million page views during a single month.

We're launching nine brand new digests

MINING.com sends out more than 200,000 email news digest every business day to mining professionals, investors and industry stakeholders. Recognizing the increasing importance emerging markets we're excited to introduce six new digests spanning the globe.

Asteroid mining hits Reddit

Everyone likes a good scheme. And, whether you think it’s feasible or not, asteroid mining is an idea that’s here to stay.

MINING.com is mobile friendly

MINING.com is now optimized to be read on smart phones.

Correction regarding carbon tax post

Our piece, A carbon tax surfaces in the US, mixed up Australia's carbon tax and the Minerals Resource Rent Tax (MRRT).

The carbon tax levies A$23 per tonne of green house gases emitted by major industrial businesses. The MRRT is a tax on miner's profits.

The post has been corrected. MINING.com regrets the error.

MINING.com is now on YouTube

MINING.com now has a new YouTube channel, http://www.youtube.com/miningdotcom.

We posted interviws from MINExpo, interviews with Ed McCord who manages the truck division from Caterpillar and Geoffrey Knox who manages the GE Mining's operations in Australia.

Like us on Facebook and win a free investment course from EduMine

Anyone who likes us on Facebook between September 10^th and December 10^th will be entered to win an online course on Mining Investment from EduMine.com valued at $200.

The steps are simple:

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MINING.com welcomes a new team member

John Kwan is MINING.com’s newest Online Marketing Assistant.

Google News submission accepted

MINING.com application to Google News was accepted.

Sixty-inch monster leaderboard for the news room

Executive editor Michael McCrae kneels beside the new leader board that arrived in the news room today.

Announcing our new tagline

The editorial team for MINING.com has a major new change to announce…

Readers respond to Lonmin massacre post

As renewed tensions simmer in South Africa’s Lonmin mine, after arrested protesters who survived the massacre were charge Thursday with murder of their colleagues, MINING.com has been the scenario of heated debate.

Editorial team gathers and discovers that it is tall

Marc Howe, Mining.com's Canberra-based Australia correspondent, paid a visit to the MINING.com offices in Vancouver from August 13 – 16.

MINING.com needs a marketing assistant

We are looking for help from a student in a business or communications program to help us market MINING.com, a leading blog and news site devoted to the mining industry.

Position is ideal for someone who is passionate about publishing on the web.

Is Space the new mining frontier?

About 10 years ago, when I started my first and last personal blog, I used to define myself as an international journalist living in Canada who aimed to be the first correspondent in the Moon. James Cameron and Google’s latest venture, Planetary Resources, might allow idealists and entrepreneurs to fulfill dreams like that one.

Freelance writer wanted

MINING.com is looking for a freelance writer. Several years journalism experience, along with an interest in business or mining is desirable.

The hire will be required to conduct interviews and work with data sets to create feature-style news stories.

Please respond with a cover letter, resume and a portfolio to jobs@mining.com with the subject heading Freelance Writer.

Mining.com's Latin American editions get a push

In our growing efforts to potentiate our Spanish and Portuguese  publications, we have created a special section for you to learn about what we have to offer. Nearly 600 million people and some of the world’s large mining projects trust us! In Spanish, …

Advertising available in the new commodity digests

We are proud to introduce our new digest layout that will give our readers a cleaner reading experience that highlights the best news written and curated throughout the day.

Digests get a new look and cover more topics

Our suite of news digests are being refreshed with a new look to make them easier to read and better highlight the top stories we work on throughout the day. Here is a preview of Coal News Digest.

We are also rolling out new digests covering Australia, Asia, rare earth, uranium and platinum group metals. Look for more announcements on how to sign up.

No longer will we publish all our digests on Thursday. Rather, we will roll out digests throughout the week.

We are excited about these changes. Please contact us if you have any questions.

MINING.com iPhone app now available

Download our newly launched MINING.com app, available in the iPhone app store. You will be able to look up top news, news by commodity and market information. You can also email news or send news through your favourite social media tool, such as Twitter or Facebook.

MINING.com's neighbours hit the whiteboards

MINING.com's neighbours at our InfoMine office is the software developers for the Mining Intelligence unit. Jan Pfeifer, division head, points out some changes to the divison's work flow while Tony Martins, sofware developer, looks on.

The Mining Intelligence unit recently made some improvements to the commodity charts, with social media functions and navigation improvements. Check it out:

http://www.infomine.com/investment/metal-prices/gold/1-day-spot/

Ad specifications updated

We updated our ad specifications to conform to IAB guidelines. You can find the specifications here.

The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) develops guidelines for online advertising that helps create common standards to reduce friction in the delivery of services.