Anti-mining sentiment in Peru main barrier to sector’s growth – S&P
Despite current challenges the analysts expect significant growth in the country's mining industry.
Cecilia Jamasmie , Editor-in-Chief
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Imminent strikes to hit world’s largest copper producers
Chile's Codelco and BHP’s Escondida mine face labour conflicts.
Newcrest Mining leaves the Toronto exchange
Australia’s No.1 gold producer said the anticipated benefits of being listing in the TSX have not been realized to date
Fukushima radioactive plume to hit the US by 2014
Most radioactive materials will stay in the North Pacific, and are unlikely to be harmful.
Keystone XL allowed across Texas family farm
Ruling eliminates one of the last obstacles to completion of the Canadian oil-sands duct's southern leg.
Codelco cuts investment for the year, long term ambitions undiminished
From $5 to $4 billion.
South African miners refuse gold firms’ final wage offer
The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) called latest offer “a joke.”
Children risk their lives in Tanzania’s gold mines to help families
Children as young as eight are mining in grim conditions in Africa's fourth largest gold producing country.
Canadian miner kidnapped in Colombia set free
Gernot Wober, 47, had been held captive by the National Liberation Army, Colombia's second most powerful rebel group.
South Africa’s gold sector in standby as wave of strikes hits the country
Gold mine stoppages could start as early as this Friday.
Savannah nears full ownership of Barroso lithium lease
The Aldeia lease transfer would expand Barroso’s resource base as Savannah targets EU lithium supply and advances permitting.
