Former Rio Tinto CEO Tom Albanese joins rival Vedanta
The news comes only nine months after Albanese was removed as CEO of the second-biggest miner and left the group with a $14billion charge.
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Anglo American abandons Alaskan copper project Pebble
Partner in the open-pit gold and copper project, Northern Dynasty Minerals, was quick to clarify it will still go ahead with it.
Japan redoubles efforts to control leaks at Fukushima
The situation at Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant is far from being “under control,” said a senior official from plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co.
Devastating cost of illegal mining in Peru higher than ever thought: government
About 40,000 hectares of Amazonic forest, not 18,000 as the government thought, has been destroyed by illegal mining in Peru.
Glencore Xstrata to pursue $3bn iron ore project in Congo
The world-class deposit has proven reserves of 2.5 billion tonnes at 34% iron.
Obama’s ‘all-out-war’ on coal hits China
China yesterday and the US next week, both banning construction of new coal-fired power plants.
Good-bye Bernanke, hello Summers?
President Obama has reportedly made his choice for the next Federal Reserve's chairman.
Canada’s Silvercorp blames contractor for production dip at Chinese mines
Company said mining contractors were adding waste rock from development tunnels to ore trucks before they were weighed.
About 100 workers evacuated from Rio Tinto’s Bingham Canyon Mine
Company removed employees from the mine’s lower pit and halted operations for the nigh as precautionary measures.
Iron ore-rich Pilbara was once a separate continent: study
The Pilbara and Yilgarn Cratons regions were once a small continent, about the size of Japan.
Greenland to block ETM Kvanefjeld rare earth project
The draft decision deals a fresh blow to one of the largest undeveloped rare earth assets.