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Australian miners should seek business opportunities in Latin America: Government

Australian Foreign Minister, Bob Carr, called local mining companies to look at Latin America as a business destination, as the region was emerging as an important economic powerhouse, hungry for Australian investment.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 23, 2012 | 12:21 pm

Osisko’s Canadian Malartic returns to full operation, but fire damage to stock price is 25%

Osisko stock was down another 3.7% today despite the positive news and has now lost 25% of its value since the fire at the Quebec mine was first reported on May 9th.

MINING.com Editor | May 22, 2012 | 11:30 pm

Grexit and gold: The first 46 hours

A report on how a Greek exit from the Eurozone may play out based on synthesized scenarios from 21 economists, analysts and academics.

Frik Els | May 22, 2012 | 11:00 pm

Olympic Dam Taskforce CEO to doubters: We’re planning 10,000-strong village, already building airstrip for 737s

The copper-uranium-gold-silver project has a 100 year mining life, so a glitch this year was unlikely to sway a company that thinks well ahead, the CEO of the Olympic Dam Taskforce said Tuesday.

Frik Els | May 22, 2012 | 9:03 pm

Foreign investment in the oilsands a win-win

We certainly could produce oil in Alberta without the contributions of foreign businesses. But would it be a good idea?

Sun News | May 22, 2012 | 8:15 pm

Patriot Coal is burning down

Trading in the stock was halted in a circuit breaker around lunchtime after falling 57.6% over doubts about its finances and is now worth less than tenth of what it was in July last year.

Frik Els | May 22, 2012 | 7:47 pm

Australians fear Canadian gold company will shut historic mines

Australian Stawell Gold Mines will be closed within two years, despite Canadian company Crocodile Gold spending more than $100 million buying it.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 22, 2012 | 7:09 pm

Australian Crusader Resources to invest $400 million in Brazil gold mine

Australian company Crusader Resources Ltd. will invest $400 million in a gold mining project located in the Currais Novos region in Brazil’s north-eastern state of Rio Grande do Norte. The project is expected to be one of the biggest gold mines in the country.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 22, 2012 | 6:41 pm

The right cut: Dreams made of diamonds

The Montreal Gazette interviews Gevorg Mkhitaryan, owner of a small diamond polishing operation, who was part of a group of about 60 Armenian diamond cutters and polishers brought to the Northwest Territories to work in Canada's Yellowknife’s nascent diamond processing industry.

Montreal Gazette | May 22, 2012 | 4:51 pm

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