Cecilia Jamasmie, Author at MINING.COM

Coal industry’s decade-long drop in productivity hits reverse

U.S. miners have stabilized or even increased productivity at both surface and underground coal operations in the past two years, a study released Monday shows.

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 30, 2015 | 7:01 am

BHP wants strikes to be ‘last resource’ for workers

The mining giant has also asked for local laws to be flexible enough to keep pace with other countries.

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 30, 2015 | 4:00 am

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