Fatal clash over $80 a month mining wage strains Zambia China relations
A Chinese supervisor died on Saturday after being hit by a trolley pushed at him at the Collum mine in Zambia during a dispute over minimum wages.
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After burning fingers in Congo, First Quantum is going big in Zambia
The Vancouver-based miner inked a deal with a Zambian firm for a new mine on Monday adding to its already ambitious expansion plans totalling $3.7 billion which includes building one of the world's largest copper smelters.
Yucca Mountain court case on hold
US appeal court judges have ruled that a case seeking a resumption of licensing work for a nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain will be put on hold, despite agreeing that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission cannot legally give up work on the application.
Pimco’s Bill Gross is all wet: equities work
The cult of equities is not dead, according to Michael Jones, chairman and chief investment officer at Riverfront Investment Group.
Filipino miners balk at mining rules
Artisanal miners in the Philippines are accused of causing environmental devastation but the miners vow to resist mining reforms announced by President Benigno Aquino.
Coins worth much more than just the gold they contain
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Priced for collapse
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Rinehart’s well-timed exit from coal
Gina Rinehart, iron ore magnate and Asia's wealthiest woman, sold a controlling stake in her Galilee coal assets nearly a year ago to GVK Group, run by Indian billionaire GV Krishna Reddy.
A northern pipeline could move Alberta’s stranded oil and gas: NWT Premier
With the Northern Gateway Pipeline facing political hurdles, the Premier of the Northwest Territories, Bob McLeod, said moving Alberta's oil and gas via a pipeline in the Northwest Territories is an option.