June 29, 2015 BHP tipped as favourite in race for Barrick’s Zaldivar mine in Chile BHP already operates the world’s largest copper mine, Escondida, which sits, quite literally, across the road from Zaldivar.
June 29, 2015 Royal Nickel announces C$12 million royalty and private equity financing Letter of intent signed with Orion Mine Finance
June 28, 2015 $8 trillion alternative energy boom is a win for copper Copper will remain an irreplaceable component in our ever-expanding energy needs.
June 25, 2015 Dismal state of TSX-V in two crushing graphs Bear market is more than 1,000 days old and nearly 1,200 companies have dropped off the Toronto venture market.
June 25, 2015 Royal Nickel shares jump after Dumont permit Final regulatory hurdle before construction can start at $2.8 billion nickel project in Quebec, Canada.
June 25, 2015 South African commission finds police to blame in Marikana deaths The commission into the deaths at Lonmin's Marikana platinum mine in August 2012 concluded the plan to quell the massive protest was “defective,” and shouldn't have been executed as such.
June 25, 2015 Behind Latin America’s anti-mining protests: water concerns Mining conflicts are intensifying across Latin America, with 218 mining projects embroiled in conflicts with 312 communities—including six conflicts spanning national borders—from Mexico to Argentina.
June 25, 2015 BHP cuts another 140 jobs over abandoned Olympic Dam expansion plans The cuts at the Adelaide support office for the Olympic Dam operations come about six months after BHP scrapped about 90 permanent positions and 210 contractor jobs.
June 24, 2015 BC gov’t forms panel to act on Mt Polley recommendations The committee will be chaired by the Chief Inspector of Mines and includes an equal number of representatives nominated by First Nations, mine labour unions and industry.
June 24, 2015 South African gold sector to table wage offer next week The companies, which bargain collectively under the country’s Chamber of Mines, are already battling low metal prices and mounting electricity costs amid power outages.
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