British investment fund to buy Anglo’s mines in Chile
According to local newspaper El Mercurio, the unnamed fund is buying Anglo's Mantoverde and Mantos Blancos copper mines.
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Canada investigating mysterious death of 30 herons at Syncrude oil sands
Inspectors are currently at the site, but haven't been able to determine how the birds died or whether others are injured.
EPA’s blows it — causes massive mine wastewater spill at Colorado rivers
While the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency was investigating pollutants at an old gold mine, it accidentally released an estimated one million gallons of mining waste into a creek.
K+S rejects again takeover offer from Potash Corp.
The latest offer was unchanged in its value, but included a more formal “business combination agreement,” K+S said
South Africa’s main gold union snubs final pay offer
Talks are set to resume on Wednesday, Aug. 12.
China is hiding gold… lots of it
While analysts keep trying to answer the burning question of how much gold China really has, the most recent theory indicates that it's at least 9,500 tonnes.
South Africa lets Glencore resume operations at Optimum coal mine
Mining Minister Ngoako Ramatlhodi has decided to conditionally withdrew a licence suspension ordered earlier this week.
Revocation of Australia’s largest coal mine licence ‘a sabotage’ — Abbot
His comments follow this week's decision by the federal court of Australia to overturn government approval for the construction of one of the biggest coal mines in the world.
Peruvian police burns down entire illegal gold mine town
The action has triggered severe criticism, with many are accusing authorities of an excessive use of public force.
Wage negotiations in S. Africa’s gold sector to end next week
South Africa’s top gold producers believe it is highly likely that unions agree to take the latest pay offer presented to them, marking the end of almost 5 weeks of negotiations.
Wheaton lands $4.3B BHP silver stream, enters Australia
Major deals in Peru and Australia expand production reach and secure long-term precious metals supply streams.