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Tides Canada accused of ‘blatantly violating Canadian charities law’; complaint filed with Canada Revenue Agency

Canadian oil industry support group, EthicalOil.org, filed a 143-page complaint with the Canada Revenue Agency accusing Tides Canada of funnelling charitable donations to highly political, and non-charitable, groups like PETA and ForestEthics.

Michael Allan McCrae | August 9, 2012 | 5:32 am

Two kilometres down South Africa’s deepest mines: life

Scientists continue to plumb the earth's most extreme environments looking for signs of life and wondering what it might say about the possibility for life elsewhere.

Michael Allan McCrae | August 9, 2012 | 5:09 am

Winning iron at the Olympics. Fresh charges of conflict of interest over giant Arctic iron mine

The president of the Qikiqtani Inuit Association is on a junket at the London Olympics as a guest of ArcelorMittal, which is in the final stages of getting approval for its giant iron mine on Inuit land.

Frik Els | August 9, 2012 | 3:35 am

2Q profit slips at Yamana due to escalating costs

Canadian precious metal miner, Yamana Gold (TSX:YRI), saw its profits slip 80% in the second quarter compared to a year ago.

Michael Allan McCrae | August 9, 2012 | 2:41 am

Schlumberger Software Licenses for the University of Arizona College of Engineering

As the University of Arizona released, the department of mining and engineering received software licenses worth $23 million (software value and maintenance) […]

Susanne Iberle | August 8, 2012 | 11:27 pm

Foreign investors are pulling money out of India’s state-controlled metals and mining firms

India's economy is growing at its slowest pace in nine years and investor confidence has also been eroded by the current government's frequent policy u-turns, corruption scandals and power blackouts.

Frik Els | August 8, 2012 | 11:02 pm

New NASA images: Mars or the Pilbara?

"A metal-making process known to the ancient Romans could be pressed into service to bring Mars into the Iron Age - and start opening the solar system to human habitation."

Frik Els | August 8, 2012 | 10:35 pm

Like us on Facebook and win a free investment course from EduMine

Anyone who likes us on Facebook between September 10th and December 10th will be entered to win an online course on Mining […]

MINING.COM Staff Writer | August 8, 2012 | 10:29 pm

Infographic: copper the essential metal part II

With exploration forced to higher risk areas and growing Chinese demand, Visual Capitalist explores why copper prices have increased by 400% in the last decade.

Joshua Zapf | August 8, 2012 | 9:14 pm

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