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Illegal mining keeps taking lives in Colombia

Three men were killed Monday while working in an illegal mine in the northwestern Colombian province of Antioquia, according to a statement from the government's Ingeominas mining oversight institute.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 3, 2012 | 4:46 pm

PetroChina takes over Canadian oil sands project

Canadian oil producer Athabasca Oil Sands Corp. (TSX: ATH) has exercised its option to sell its remaining 40 per cent interest in the MacKay River oil sands project to Cretaceous, a unit of Chinese oil giant PetroChina for about C$680 million.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 3, 2012 | 2:22 pm

Mineweb’s gold guru for 2011 – Price prediction competition results

Mineweb | January 3, 2012 | 1:18 pm

Dr. Copper heading back to school

Mineweb | January 3, 2012 | 1:10 pm

An excavator climbs up then balances upon a tower

A Liebherr excavator climbed up and then balanced upon a specially built tower in Vienna, Austria.

Michael Allan McCrae | January 3, 2012 | 12:21 am

Whiting Equipment Canada Inc. awarded major contract from Vale for significant expansion of World Potash Production Capacity

Whiting Equipment Canada Inc. announced today an agreement with VALE for the turnkey supply of salt evaporators and potash crystallizers for their Potasio Rio Colorado (PRC) potash solution mining plant in Argentina’s Mendoza Province.

Whiting Equipment Canada Inc. | January 3, 2012 | 12:18 am