Violent shale gas protests in New Brunswick threaten to hit rest of Canada
A wave of pacific demonstrations hit the country Thursday evening and more are expected on Friday.
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Hundreds attack Aussie miner offices in Kyrgyzstan
Group opposes letting foreigners mine Kyrgyzstan’s resources.
China to become world’s main consumer of base metals by 2017— report
Wood Mackenzie also predicts the global base metals market will grow from 96Mt in 2013 to 122 Mt by the end of 2018.
Chile’s Collahuasi boosts Anglo American results, logs copper record
Anglo's Collahuasi copper mine more than doubled output to 63,600 tonnes, way above analysts’ expectations.
Canada-Europe historic trade deal removes tariffs on metals and minerals
The deal will be the largest trade agreement in Canadian history.
Suppliers keep hurting: Outotec axes 500 jobs, Metso warns of big fall in full-year sales
Slow-moving global economy continues to make miners be frugal with spending.
Zimbabwe’s $2bn diamond revenue nowhere to be found
So far, no legal action has been taken against people allegedly involved in diamond-related corruption.
Nautilus Minerals to open second seafloor mine by 2017
As its flagship Solwara 1 project, the new one is also in located in Papua New Guinea’s Bismarck Sea.
PNG: The gold producing country nobody was talking about, until now
PNG's gold industry contributes a higher proportion to the the country's economy than the sector does in any other major mining country in the world.
UK lets China buy its nuclear power stations
UK's decision paves the way for China to take a stake in or own 100% of the country's new nuclear power stations.
Colombia election outcome could reshape copper investment
Political uncertainty and worsening security risks are keeping billions in mining investment on the sidelines ahead of presidential vote.