Vale to pay Brazil $674 million in mining taxes
Mining giant Vale (NYSE:VALE) has started paying the Brazilian government $674 million ($1.4 billion real) in a dispute over mining royalties.
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Molycorp shares dive as CEO quits and firm faces investigation
Shares of rare earth miner Molycorp were falling Thursday morning as the company’s president and chief executive, Mark Smith, left without explanation and the company revealed it was under investigation from the United States SEC.
Major management reshuffle at Centerra Gold
Two of its senior executives are retiring in February next year.
Colombian armed rebels tighten control over gold mining
Mining, not drugs, main income source for the revolutionary groups in Colombia.
Let’s test you for black lung. Whoops!
"You've got to blow very hard, Tim"
Poor ore quality hampers Cobar’s silver production target
Cobar Consolidated Resources (ASX:CCU) has fallen short of its target to produce 2.5 million ounces of silver by the start of this month.
IMF report vindicates claims of gold market manipulation by central banks: Powell
"This is as authoritative (an admission) as we are likely ever going to get that central banks are actively involved, in secret, in the gold market"
ABB Signs a Sponsorship Agreement with the University of Queensland
As the Australian Journal of Mining reports, ABB will provide a mechatronics lab, amongst others equipped with control and automation systems to […]
Coal-hungry Chinese buy out Australian pastoral clans
Chinese investment drive leaves pastoral community divided
