Chinese firms invest in smelters as Indonesian ore export ban approaches
Chinese firms plan to invest up to AUD$8.6 billion in Indonesian smelters to mitigate the impact of a ban on unprocessed ore exports.
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Mining Boom in Burkina Faso has Negative Effect on Education
The gold mining boom in the country has a negative impact on the school attendance of children from primary school to secondary […]
Macabre twist: Lonmin protesters who survived massacre face murder charges
Two weeks after South African police opened fire on a group of 3,000 workers and killed 34 people protesting at the platinum miner Lonmin's (LON:JSE) Marikana mine, prosecutors are bringing murder charges against a unexpected group of suspects: the miners themselves.
Conga remains key for Newmont
Newmont Mining's (NYSE:NEM) $4.8 billion copper-gold project in Cajamarca Peru remains as one of the company’s priorities, but further development will be done on a very measured basis, told MINING.com the company’s head of communications, Omar Jabara.
SGS announces Cochrane Lab is now in operation
SGS is pleased to announce that the new, fully equipped, commercial geochemistry laboratory in Cochrane, Ontario, Canada is now open and receiving samples.
Expectation over Friday’s Jackson Hole Fed speech puts bullion on hold
An awaited speech by Federal Reserve’s chairman Ben Bernanke at a central bankers' symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, tomorrow, has investors wondering whether the institution will embark on another asset buying programme, known as quantitative easing.
Xstrata kicks off production at Mount Margaret mine
London listed Xstrata (LON:XTA) started Thursday copper production at its $310 million (A$300) Mount Margaret operation in north-west Queensland, Australia.
Qatar Holding confirms it will vote against Glenstrata next week, shares dive
Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund has publicly said Friday it will vote against the mooted $70 billion merger between Glencore (LON:GLEN) and Xstrata (LON:XTA), which sent shares of both the Swiss commodity trader and the coal giant down the slope Thursday in London.
China colliery blast leaves 19 dead, 28 trapped underground
A colliery explosion in China's vast southwestern province of Sichuan has left 19 miners dead and 28 still trapped underground.