Chile’s Codelco copper output dips but company posts profit
Codelco Chief Executive Pizarro said company produced 1.24m tonnes of copper in January-to-September period, a 3 percent decline from same period last year.
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Brazilian miners up in arms as lawmakers hike iron ore, gold royalties
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Legal kerfuffle in Spain around uranium mine environmental assessment
Spain's National Audience dismissed a series of allegations presented by Berkeley Energia against a legal action filed by a group of environmentalists who oppose the company's uranium project.
Chile’s Escondida workers on strike to protest layoffs
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Gem Diamonds finds seventh largest rock this year at Lesotho mine
It's a high quality 202-carat, D colour type IIa rock found at Letšeng mine, the world’s highest dollar per carat kimberlite diamond operation.
