Deadly downside to Nigeria gold rush: video
Al Jazeera is reporting that more than 400 children have died from lead poisoning in the past two years in the Zamfara State of Nigeria as a result of artisanal gold mining.
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Canadian Eco Oro to appeal Colombian court order
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China’s Bosai Minerals Group ponders leaving Guyana due to hostility
Chinese producer of bauxite Bosai Minerals Group halted its operations in Guyana on Friday due to violent protests against the miner that left at least three deaths on Wednesday, said the President Donald Ramotar.
Canadian Atlanta Gold forced to pay $2 million in fines
An Idaho court has ordered Canadian Atlanta Gold Corp (TSX:ATG) to pay a bulky $2 million fine for its continuing failure to stop arsenic and iron from flowing into a tributary of the Boise River system.
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India’s Jindal employees in Bolivia arrested and equipment seized for alleged ‘breach of contract’
Two employees of India’s Jindal Steel and Power were arrested on Friday and equipment confiscated in Bolivia, after the company abandoned its $2.1 billion El-Mutun iron ore project five days ago.
No signs of the mining boom ending for Australia any time soon: studies
There is no end on sight to the mining boom in Australia, a country which mineral resources sector value is expected to reach $122.6 billion by 2016, growing at an annual average rate of 4.3%, reveals a study published Saturday.
Congo probe into mining companies’ disappearing tax payments
The Democratic Republic of the Congo's new prime minister has ordered an investigation into the nation's mining industry after a damning report by an international watchdog found tens of millions of dollars a year in tax revenues were being lost in the system.
China’s Sino Iron mine in Australia just got $2 billon more expensive
The cost of building China's CITIC Pacific’s first iron ore mine in Australia, Beijing’s largest investment in the Aussie mining sector, has increased to a shocking $8 billion.
