Cecilia Jamasmie, Author at MINING.COM

Alberta's new emissions levy costly — Canada’s energy industry

Alberta’s new emissions levy costly — Canadian energy industry

By 2017, large emitters will have to reduce the intensity of greenhouse gases by 20%, while carbon levies will double from $15 a tonne to $30 a tonne.

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 26, 2015 | 6:15 am

Rio Tinto sells Murowa diamond mine and leaves Zimbabwe

The company, however, said it remained committed to the diamond industry.

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 26, 2015 | 3:32 am

South African commission finds police to blame in Marikana deaths

The commission into the deaths at Lonmin's Marikana platinum mine in August 2012 concluded the plan to quell the massive protest was “defective,” and shouldn't have been executed as such.

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 25, 2015 | 10:25 am

China readies to launch yuan gold fix before year-end

While details remain unknown, it is believed the fix would be launched via the Shanghai Gold Exchange, the world's biggest physical bullion exchange.

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 25, 2015 | 8:15 am

Adani confirms work halted at controversial coal project by the Great Barrier Reef

But the Indian company said it remains committed to the US$12bn Carmichael project in Queensland, Australia.

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 25, 2015 | 5:38 am

BHP cuts another 140 jobs over abandoned Olympic Dam expansion plans

The cuts at the Adelaide support office for the Olympic Dam operations come about six months after BHP scrapped about 90 permanent positions and 210 contractor jobs.

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 25, 2015 | 3:26 am

Iron ore prices hit six-day highs, but rally won’t last say experts

Analysts from Goldman Sachs, Citi and ANZ predict prices will drop again below $50 a tonne.

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 24, 2015 | 10:01 am

South African gold sector to table wage offer next week

The companies, which bargain collectively under the country’s Chamber of Mines, are already battling low metal prices and mounting electricity costs amid power outages.

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 24, 2015 | 10:00 am

Zambia to slash royalties, reinstate mining tax

The move puts an end to a nearly nine-month standoff that has hit output and profits in Africa’s second largest copper producer.

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 24, 2015 | 7:05 am

Opposition to Sirius Minerals $3bn potash project in national park builds up

The company will hear by June 30 whether it will be allowed to mine polyhalite, a type of potash fertilizer, from a deposit located under Brittan’s North York Moors national park.

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 24, 2015 | 3:32 am