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Anglo American ok to extend debated coal mine in Australia

New South Wales planning authorities say a scaled-back plan to extend the life of Anglo’s Drayton South open-cut mine in the Hunter Valley can be approved, but with certain conditions.

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 25, 2015 | 4:35 am

BHP Billiton posts worst profit in over 10 years

As prices for the company's four key "pillar" commodities —iron ore, metallurgical coal, copper and oil and gas — have all dropped to multi-year lows in the past 12 months.

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 25, 2015 | 3:00 am

EU probing ‘anticompetitive behavior in precious metals spot trading’

The European Union’s competition watchdog is investigating alleged “anticompetitive behavior in precious metals spot trading,” a spokesman said.

MarketWatch | August 25, 2015 | 12:51 am

CHART: Stop panicking about China and mining

We're not in 2008 – plotting global economic growth against commodity prices shows metals and mining sell-off is disconnected from realities on the ground.

Frik Els | August 24, 2015 | 11:35 pm

Canadian mining stocks outperform metals prices

Canadian junior and mid-tier mining companies also raised 62% more capital in the second quarter than in 2014.

Frik Els | August 24, 2015 | 3:37 pm

Be not afraid of greatness – Wits unveils Danie Krige display cabinet of memorabilia

This week, the Wits School of Mining Engineering hosted the official unveiling of the Danie Krige Display Cabinet in one of its state-of-the- art lecture rooms in the Chamber of Mines Building on the Wits campus.

Wits School of Mining Engineering | August 24, 2015 | 1:23 pm

Criminal investigation of a Finnish conservation group requested by Vancouver-based Mawson Resources

The Vancouver-based miner claims the Finnish Association for Nature Conservation’s (FANC) Lapland chapter is willfully misleading the courts in its appeal of an exploration permit decision — a criminal act under Finnish law.

Business In Vancouver - Tyler Orton | August 24, 2015 | 10:49 am

Anglo American sells copper mines in Chile to UK investment firm

The price for the two assets could rise to $500m from $200m, depending on an eventual recovery of copper prices and the execution of an expansion plan for the Mantoverde mine.

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 24, 2015 | 10:00 am