BHP said to have discovered vast copper deposit in Western Australia
Finding is close to BHP's massive but low-grade Babel-Nebo nickel-copper discovery.
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Chilean court halts Barrick’s contentious Pascua-Lama project
Construction activities in the Argentine side of the project won't be affected by today’s resolution.
Meet the first Bitcoin billionaire
A social media user who goes by the handle of “The Bitcoin Billionaire” has been giving away over $13,000 worth of bitcoins.
Fed minutes early release knocks gold price down
The precious metal dropped below $1,575 an ounce and Goldman Sachs cut its 2013 gold price forecast for the second time in six weeks, to $1,545 an ounce from $1,610.
BHP could resume massive Jansen potash project this year
The $10bn mega project was shelved last year.
Anti-mining protests spread throughout New Zealand
Opposition parties claim companies lobbied for a last minute change to a bill introducing a harder line on anti-mining protests at sea.
Copper strike will cost Chile up to $35 million
If all major copper mines in Chile halted their operations for a day, the country would lose more than $120 million in copper exports alone.
Gold Fields declares a 14k oz loss as Ghana striking miners come back to work
Ghana now accounts for about 42% of the company's gold output.
US states push for gold as legal tender
Arizona is the main state arguing for residents to be able to use bullion as rightful currency.
Astronomers find promising evidence of dark matter while U.S. team looks in former gold mine
The group has installed a 350 kg liquid xenon time-projection chamber, which aims to directly detect galactic dark matter in an underground laboratory, built 1.6 km below the surface.
Coal demand hits fresh high as US output rises — IEA
Coal keeps defying forecasts, with US output rebounding even as clean energy expands and long-term demand finally nears a peak.
