Mine ponds cause toxic mercury pollution in the Peruvian Amazon
Over the past 35 years, there has been a 670% increase in the extent of pits in heavily mined watersheds.
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Coal mine accident in China’s Chongqing kills 23
The miners died after being trapped in a mine in the southwestern city of Chongqing.
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Serengeti, Sun Metals merge on BC copper-gold project
Stardust copper-gold property is northeast of Smithers.
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Vale postpones sale of operations in New Caledonia
The miner has lost billions of dollars with the operation, located next to the Goro deposit.
Iron ore prices are going ballistic
Iron ore surges 6% to March 2013 high on Friday as Brazil supply worries, a red hot China economy, and a Beijing-Canberra row convulse seaborne trade.
Copper bull run may only be getting started
Goldman Sachs analysts said the current price strength “is not an irrational aberration” but rather “the first leg of a structural bull market in copper.”
More production and less downtime with optimized primary crusher liners at Buenavista del Cobre
Increased liner wear life keeps the Mexican copper mining giant’s crushers up and running.