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Booming Kibali boosts exploration investment in DRC

Randgold Resources has expanded its operations in Congo following the success of the Kibali gold mine, which will lead to the miner exceeding its full year production guidance for the mine in 2015.

Randgold Resources | January 19, 2016 | 2:10 am

Areva earned $300 million in US uranium enrichment contracts last year

The announcement comes as the company is laying off about 50 workers in Lynchburg, Virginia, a bit more than half the jobs it has cut in the US as of late.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 19, 2016 | 2:00 am

Grupo Mexico seen bucking copper slump as analysts recommend buy

Mexico’s biggest copper producer is leveraging its relatively low debt and strong profit margins to invest more than $4.6 billion expanding some of its mines.

Bloomberg News | January 19, 2016 | 1:00 am

Trans Mountain pipeline battle set for NEB hearing today

Brace yourselves Canadians, the pipeline drama is about to heat up again.

CBC News | January 19, 2016 | 12:05 am

MMG’s gigantic Las Bambas mine in Peru makes first copper shipment to China

The company shipped roughly 10,000 tonnes of copper concentrate from Las Bambas from the Port of Matarani to China on Jan. 15.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 18, 2016 | 10:57 am

The world’s southernmost mines

Chile's Invierno coal mine is, by far, the southernmost mine on the planet.

Frik Els | January 18, 2016 | 10:27 am

Devastation caused by illegal miners in Peru reaches national reserve

Recently released satellite images show that devastation from illegal gold mining activities in Peru is now reaching the Tambopata National Reserve, an important protected area in the country’s southern Amazon.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 18, 2016 | 4:17 am