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Second round of hearings for Nunavut gold mine rejected by review board kicks off

The four-day review that begins today marks the first time in 20 years the NIRB has been asked to reconsider a decision on a project and go through another review process.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 31, 2017 | 4:28 am

SLIDESHOW: The iron ore price wars 2002–2017

Iron ore's transformation from a relic of the industrial age to the driving force behind a commodity supercycle that reshaped the global economy.

Frik Els | May 30, 2017 | 5:39 pm

Bauxite on the move

Mining will commence in July at the Urquhart bauxite project in far north Queensland.

Project Monitor | May 30, 2017 | 4:15 pm

CHART: Hedge fund commodity bulls misread the market

Smart money's bullish bets on commodity futures and options slashed 64% from record high hit just three months ago.

Frik Els | May 30, 2017 | 1:16 pm

‘Full speed ahead’ for Lundin’s Ecuador gold project after financing deal

Orion and Blackstone pay up to $450 million for prepaid and streamed gold and silver from Vancouver company's Fruta del Norte project in South America.

Frik Els | May 30, 2017 | 12:38 pm

Kinder Morgan Canada falls in trading debut on concerns over Trans Mountain project

Construction of the $7.4 billion project is scheduled to begin in September and should be completed by December 2019.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 30, 2017 | 10:15 am

Diamcor just found this rare green diamond at S. Africa project

The rock, a 5.36-carat green gem quality octahedron rough diamond, was unearthed at the company's Krone-Endora project, located next to the world’s third largest diamond mine.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 30, 2017 | 6:58 am

Coal mine openings in the US inject some hope into beleaguered sector

Corsa Coal’s Acosta Deep mine, to begin operations in June, will create about 600 jobs.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 30, 2017 | 4:18 am

Western Australia may ask BHP, Rio to cash out iron ore levy

Western Australia may ask Rio Tinto Group and BHP Billiton Ltd. to pay potentially billions of dollars to end a mining rent tax to help patch a budget decimated by lower commodity prices.

Bloomberg News | May 29, 2017 | 4:04 pm

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