Shares in Newmont Mining was down 2.7% on Friday after the company announced a $1.6 billion charge after mothballing its Hope Bay project in northern Canada.

Over the next twenty years, the Highland Valley Copper mine near Logan Lake is going to have more and more problems meeting an expected skills shortage due to 20% of its workforce retiring, reports Kamloops This Week.

PRWeb reports: Created in 2011, the Remember The Miners Scholars Program was created to provide financial aid to miners' families in West Virginia, and students in mining education. Applications are due March 1st!

“We’re making a final push to encourage our young miners and students interested in the mining industry to apply for this wonderful opportunity,” began Jason Parsons, Director of Remember The Miners. “Education is an important foundation for our future coal miners, and we’re proud to support them as they embark upon securing the future of coal.”

A motion asking the Quebec government to withdraw its offer to finance the province's remaining asbestos mine has failed.

Canadian miner Mandalay Resources (TSX: MND, MND.WT) announced today that scheduled shipment of concentrate for February from the Cerro Bayo silver-gold mine in Chile has been delayed due to increasing public protests in the south of that country.

Colombia’s President, Juan Manuel Santos, announced yesterday that the country will be issuing a new mining code to boost the industry and reinforce control of illegal mining.

Representatives of Rio Tinto’s Iron Ore Company of Canada (IOC), the country’s biggest producer of the steel-making ingredient, appeared in court yesterday as it is facing five charges related to a fatal accident in 2010.

Shares in Aquarius Platinum Ltd. (LON, ASX: AQP), the fourth- largest producer of the metal, dropped 11% this morning in Johannesburg, the deepest decline since October 2008, after the company announced that Zimbabwe has rejected a joint proposal with Impala Platinum Holdings Ltd. (PINK:IMPUY) to meet local ownership rules.

The Saskatchewan government has given approval for Golden Band Resources Inc. to open its Golden Heart gold mine in northern Saskatchewan.