Cecilia Jamasmie, Author at MINING.COM

Driverless trucks and trains to expand in Australia: Rio Tinto

Giant miner Rio Tinto (LON and NYSE: RIO) says the automation technology being rolled out in driverless trucks and trains in the Pilbara will soon move to the Bowen Basin, the major coal producing region in Australia.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 8, 2012 | 2:07 pm

Canadian Oil Sands companies to help financing deadly highway improvements

Canadian Oil Sands companies are asking the government to upgrade the section of Highway 63 north of Fort McMurray, in the province of Alberta, which leads to several oil sands projects.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 8, 2012 | 1:47 pm

Potash is a diamond in the rough for the Republic of Congo

Australian junior Elemental Minerals (ASX, TSX: ELM), which is developing a potash project in the Republic of Congo, announced it has increased measured and indicated resources at its Kola deposit by 265% to just under one billion tons.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 8, 2012 | 1:02 pm

Volvo hybrid truck breaks speed record

Swedish company Volvo has built a one-off diesel, hybrid truck that has recently set two world speed records at the Wendover Airfield in Utah, America.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 7, 2012 | 5:48 pm

Chile’s copper export revenue drops 8% to $3.6 billion in April

Chile’s copper export revenue fell 8% to about $3.6 billion in April 2012, compared to the same period last year, when it was lifted by high prices of the commodity, the country’s Central Bank informed today.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 7, 2012 | 5:28 pm

Guide to surviving the global mining crisis launched

Canadian Baja Mining continues to struggle over funding for Mexico project

Canadian miner Baja Mining Corp (TSX:BAJ) said on Monday it won’t be able to continue with its copper/cobalt/zinc project in Mexico beyond mid-June, unless it finds a way to fund cost overruns quickly.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 7, 2012 | 4:42 pm

Canada’s Leader of the Opposition targets oil sands again

Canada's Leader of the Opposition, Thomas Mulcair, again attacked the oil sands industry by saying that, because of the way it raises the value of the Canadian dollar, other parts of the country are paying a price for the prosperity enjoyed by natural resource sectors, such as the oil sands in Alberta.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 7, 2012 | 2:12 pm