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NSW environmental watchdog bashed over BHP’s coal pollution case

The 14-months long investigation ended on April 10, with BHP accepting the charge of “causing an offensive odour,” and the EPA releasing just a single tweet about it.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 4, 2015 | 7:30 am

Goldman Sachs mulls selling Colombia’s coal mines

The sale would put an end to Goldman’s rocky involvement in raw-materials production.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 4, 2015 | 7:00 am

Hudbay’s Manitoba miners down tools

Close to 200 miners at mines run by Hudbay Minerals (TSX, NYSE:HBM) in Manitoba, Canada walked off the job over the weekend.

Andrew Topf | May 3, 2015 | 4:24 pm

Price, distribution the main obstacles to synthetic diamond growth

Unlike other precious gems, high-quality synthetic diamonds can only trade at around a 2 to 20 percent discount to naturally-mined stones.

Andrew Topf | May 3, 2015 | 3:38 pm

Newmont sells NZ gold mine for $106 million

Newmont Mining (NYSE:NEM) has sold its only mine in New Zealand, the Waihi gold mine, to OceanaGold (TSX, ASX:OGC), the companies announced last Thursday.

Andrew Topf | May 3, 2015 | 2:33 pm

Mexican miner rescued by Starcore International Mines

The miner had been trapped for over 40 hours while mining mercury at La Estrella.

Starcore International Mining | May 1, 2015 | 4:32 pm

Former BlackRock mining fund manager joins Barrick Gold

Catherine Raw, from one of the UK mining sector's best known fund managers, is assuming as the company's Business Performance Executive Vice President.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 1, 2015 | 8:05 am

Turquoise Hill sale of stake in Mongolia’s SouthGobi falls through

The failed deal was supposed to allow Turquoise Hill to finally break ties with the Mongolian coal miner that was once worth over $2.4 billion.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 1, 2015 | 5:10 am

Did Rick Rule back off of uranium too soon?

Uranium has been on a tear recently. Stocks are going up fast in the sector. Even large companies like uranium miner Cameco have seen a double-digit move up in a month.

Sprott's Thoughts | May 1, 2015 | 4:49 am

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