Protests against Canadian-owned copper miner in Peru build up
Local officials said the crowd is lead by some of the same organizers of rallies against Newmont Mining’s $5 billion Conga project.
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Era Mining former boss ‘shocked’ by Caterpillar allegations
Emory Williams, who was one of the largest individual shareholders of ERA, said he was “shocked, dismayed and surprised” by Caterpillar's claim allegations that accounting misconduct took place before the deal closed.
Anglo American takes $4bn hit on Brazil Minas Rio
Several delays and mounting development costs are to blame.
Chinese miners repatriated from British Columbia
Canadian coal company HD Mining has sent some of its Chinese workers back to their home country following a court battle with unions in British Columbia
Solar cells could achieve record-breaking efficiency via quantum confinement
Researchers from the USA and Hungary are developing solar cells capable of record-breaking levels of efficiency via the manipulation of nano-particles.
Decades-long uranium moratorium in Virginia to be decided this week
The fate of long-standing moratorium in the mining of uranium in Virginia will be decided this week by a vote in the state's general assembly.
Iran denies reports of uranium enrichment explosion
Iran has denied reports of an explosion at its uranium enrichment facilities near the city of Qom in the country's center-north
Mineral exploration expands by 47% in BC
The province plans to spend $7 million to increase jobs, competitiveness, reduce backlog and create a more efficient permit process.
Private firms contributed 40% of China’s 45m tonnes of new steel capacity
China is not just a command economy.
