Cecilia Jamasmie, Author at MINING.COM

Canadian court to hear Stans Energy appeal over Kyrgyz Republic’s unpaid $118M

The frozen payment corresponds to what the Kyrgyz Republic was told by an international arbitration court to give Stans for revoking its rare earth mining licenses in the country.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 24, 2015 | 6:50 am

Canada-owned oil sands mine in Utah to begin producing in fall

Calgary-based U.S. Oil Sands is working through the summer to complete a 2,000-barrel-per-day oil sands mine in eastern Utah, one of the country's first commercial operation of this kind.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 24, 2015 | 3:15 am

Vale adds to iron ore supply glut — second highest ever quarterly output

The world’s largest iron ore producer continued to flood the market despite a current oversupply that has sent prices for the commodity plummeting to historic lows.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 23, 2015 | 8:15 am

Coal slump hits Teck’s profit, output forecast

The Vancouver-based miner profit fell 21% in the quarter, making it adjust its 2015 coal production forecast to 25-26 million tonnes from 26.5-27.5 million tonnes.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 23, 2015 | 5:30 am

Ned Goodman resigns from Barrick Gold board

He will focus on a new business venture in resources and other hard assets, said Barrick.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 23, 2015 | 5:15 am

About 10% of global gold output being produced at a loss

While gold was moderately higher in early U.S. trading Thursday analysts agree the whole industry is on a bit of “a knife-edge.”

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 23, 2015 | 3:02 am

Iron ore prices hit by fresh evidence of looming surplus

Seaborne with 62% content delivered to Qingdao dropped 0.7% to $51.76 a ton, its sharpest drop in two weeks.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 22, 2015 | 9:15 am

Glencore responsible for coal strike in S. Africa, says union

Glencore to slash 380 coal jobs in South Africa

It had said in January that the closure of its Optimum coal mines would put over 1,000 jobs at risk.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 22, 2015 | 8:02 am

Economic slump, not drop in coal use, responsible for U.S. carbon emissions fall

Findings of a new research show the 11% fall in carbon emissions between 2007 and 2013 was caused mainly by depressed market conditions.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 22, 2015 | 6:40 am

Gemfields Mozambique mine to yield rubies for over 20 years

An independent report has confirmed the Montepuez mine holds the largest deposit of rubies in the world, with projected output of 432 million carats over 21 years.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 22, 2015 | 4:13 am