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Brazilian prosecutors say Anglo’s sale of Amapa iron ore shady

They also claim miner offloaded the asset to avoid paying for environmental damage caused by an accident at its floating dock, which killed six people and dragged vehicles, equipment and large amounts of iron ore into the Amazon River.

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 1, 2018 | 7:27 am

More than 900 Sibanye miners trapped underground, not in danger

Originally there were more than 1,000 miners stuck underground, but sixty-four were rescued overnight.

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 1, 2018 | 3:40 am

Congo just gave the cobalt price another big boost

DRC stuns miners with immediate lifting of 10-year exemption for licensees, 50% tax on 'super-profits' and code permitting 5-fold increase in cobalt royalty.

Frik Els | January 31, 2018 | 7:23 pm

Coal snared in headwind as traders flee $300 billion market

The halcyon days of coal trading seem to be over as buying and selling of the world’s most widely used power-plant fuel plunged last year.

Bloomberg News | January 31, 2018 | 2:13 pm

Congo shocker fells Ivanhoe Mines stock

Vancouver-based company headed by billionaire mining financier Robert Friedland loses 11% of its value after DRC stuns with new mining code.

Frik Els | January 31, 2018 | 1:52 pm

Animation: human population growth over all of history

Imagine that for every million people on Earth, there was a single dot on a map. What if we went back in time, watched dots accumulate over human history?

Visual Capitalist | January 31, 2018 | 1:44 pm