Cecilia Jamasmie, Author at MINING.COM

Largest pink diamond ever discovered goes on display

The largest pink diamond ever discovered, an 8.01 carat sparkler found earlier this year at Rio Tinto’s Argyle mine, in Western Australia, went on permanent display in a Melbourne museum Thursday morning.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 12, 2012 | 2:00 pm

UPDATED-Seven killed after plane chartered by Kinross Gold crashes in Mauritania

Seven people were killed Thursday when a military plane chartered by Canada's Kinross Gold Corp. crashed during takeoff in the Mauritanian capital Nouakchott, an army source told AFP.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 12, 2012 | 1:08 pm

Rio Tinto CFO steps down, major shakeup follows

Rio Tinto's long-standing Chief Financial Officer, Guy Elliott, will retire at the end of 2013 announced the miner on Thursday, along with a few other senior management changes.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 12, 2012 | 12:52 pm

Chile’s largest open pit copper mine goes underground

Chile’s largest open pit copper mine, Chuquicamata, has officially started its conversion towards underground mining. The project will cost Codelco over $2 billion in the preliminary phase but will substantially increase production and extend the mine's lifespan.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 12, 2012 | 10:17 am

Australian government eliminates mining tax

Bolivia seizes South American Silver’s assets

Bolivian President Evo Morales has nationalized the assets of Vancouver-based South American Silver, accusing the miner of causing a conflict that saw violence erupt among communities around the mining project it was developing there.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 11, 2012 | 1:59 pm

Rio and BHP near the top of most transparent companies list

Mining giants Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton came up tops in the 2012 report by an anti-corruption group which analyzed the 105 largest publicly listed companies across the world.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 11, 2012 | 1:53 pm

Xstrata-Glencore merger to be decided Sep 7

Giant miner Xstrata has set Sep. 7 as the day for its shareholders to vote on the $26 billion takeover by Glencore, giving the commodities trader six weeks to reach an agreement on the conditions.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 11, 2012 | 11:00 am

2012: the best year so far for manganese and here is why

This year could be the best for manganese producers, the 4th most traded metal in the world, according to Visual Capitalist.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 10, 2012 | 5:20 pm

Mexican workers stop Excellon Resources operations amid IIROC’s decision to impose a trade halt

Unionized workers of Durango Sate in Mexico, forced Canadian miner Excellon Resources to halt its operations at San Pedro mine after over 70 union members occupied the facilities last night.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 10, 2012 | 4:27 pm