China shakes up 2,000-year-old salt monopoly
Courts continued to imprison private salt sellers even in the past decade.
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SLIDESHOW: Mining on the mend – 2016 year in review
The global mining industry rebounded from multi-year lows in 2016 – MINING.com's most popular posts of the year tell the story.
Lithium producers can’t expand fast enough to meet demand: An interview with Orocobre CEO Richard Seville
Orocobre is the only junior lithium producer in the world.
Owen Hegarty’s EMR buys Golden Grove copper-zinc mine
The EMR Capital private equity firm run by Owen Hegarty has agreed to buy the Golden Grove copper and zinc mine in Western Australia from MMG for $US210 million ($291m), giving Mr Hegarty control of the mine for a second time.
De Beers quits search for diamonds in Saskatchewan
The world's largest diamond company has been exploring for kimberlites north of the decommissioned Cluff Lake uranium mine.
Freeport unloads California onshore oil assets for $592 million
Freeport-McMorRan (NYSE:FCX) has divested another portion of its substantial oil and gas assets as the number one publicly-held copper producer continues on a path of debt reduction.
At least 12 dead after coal mine collapse in India, Myanmar jade mine landslide
Two separate mining accidents in India and Myanmar have together claimed the lives of a dozen miners, though the death toll may rise as the search for bodies continues.
CHART: Gold mining stocks breakout 2016
Shares in the world's top gold miners outperformed the gold price by a huge margin – number one Barrick Gold surged by 116% in 2016.
Gold price breaks 3-year losing streak
But measured against US stocks, gold is now the cheapest since October 2007.
