Australia’s largest open cut zinc mine closing in 2016
Remediation at Century, the world’s third largest open cut zinc mine, is expected to take 120 years.
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Rio and Chalco abandon bid for $20bn bauxite deposit in Australia
The move surprised investors, especially since Chalco had previously held the lease and was willing to develop the resource.
Silver breaks into the memory storage market
Developing technology know as Resistive Random-Access Memory (RRAM or ReRAM) has embraced silver.
US energy boom leadership jeopardized, larger shale oilfields found
New found formations potentially hold seven times the amount of recoverable oil located in the US and Canada together.
Shareholders want fresh blood on Barrick Gold’s board
"Munk and the board need to change," they say.
Canada to boost support for mining, but faces challenges
The government is fine tuning details of an aggressive campaign to promote Canada’s mining sector abroad, and so redirect trade spending and foreign affairs to core economic interests.
South Africa open to modifying controversial mining bill
Both companies and legal experts have criticized extensively some of the clauses, which it makes the law "unconstitutional."
No end in sight for Chile’s Codelco copper mine strike
Picketers have blocked access to operations, damaged machinery and ruined mining facilities.
Colombian coal workers back on the job pushed by controversial ruling
Arbitration committee summoned by the Colombian Ministry of Labour, told workers they had 72 hours to end the strike or otherwise face the consequences.
European Union revokes sanctions on Zimbabwe’s diamond firm—report
Despite claims of fraud in the July election that kept President Robert Mugabe in power.
Sandvik to build $37M mining service hub in Canada
Facility consolidates cutting, parts and aftermarket services to support potash, uranium and hard-rock mining by late 2026.
