Cecilia Jamasmie, Author at MINING.COM

Vale: Iron ore price to improve second half of the year

Vale CEO Murilo Ferreira to lead Petrobras

Vale's Murilo Ferreira has been nominated as Petrobras' next board chairman, while the company still scrambles to deal with the fallout from a vast corruption scandal.

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 27, 2015 | 9:23 am

Allana Potash sold to Israel Chemicals for $137 million

The deal aims to speed up development of Allana’s promising Danakil potash project, in northeast Ethiopia.

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 27, 2015 | 8:51 am

PetroChina wants to smoothly sail away from the oil sand business

The oil giant is “actively engaged” in talks to swap North American assets, mostly Canadian, with international oil companies.

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 27, 2015 | 8:23 am

Chinese miners keep digging for iron ore despite most losing money

The situation, industry officials said Friday, can’t continue for much longer.

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 27, 2015 | 6:00 am

Scepticism grows over North Korea’s massive rare earth discovery

Experts are raising questions about the legitimacy of North Korea's estimated reserves of rare earths, used from computers to cars and defense missiles.

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 27, 2015 | 4:12 am

Congo’s planned mining code changes ‘too risky’: miners

The country's Chamber of Mines says the new code would send the mining industry back by at least 10 years.

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 26, 2015 | 9:16 am

Glencore shutting down its West Wallsend coal mine in Australia

The firm said poor coal prices meant it would not make sense to extend the life of the mine.

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 26, 2015 | 7:20 am

JX, Mitsui Mining halt Caserones mine, to take a $421M write down

The company said the suspension of operation at the copper is momentary, as northern Chile is being hit by torrential rain and snow.

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 26, 2015 | 4:00 am

Energy regulator staff probed over handling of TransCanada safety violations

The Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta (APEGA) probe centres on the alleged mishandling of claims of natural gas pipeline violations at TransCanada by engineers working for the energy regulator (NEB).

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 25, 2015 | 8:53 am