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Australian Lynas to shut down Malaysian opponents with lawsuit

Australian rare earths miner Lynas Corporation (ASX:LYC), has filed a defamation action against Malaysian protestors and opponents over their criticism of the company's rare earth plant (LAMP), which will process ores shipped from Western Australia.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 1, 2012 | 12:50 pm

Canadian Oil Sands divvies up 17% more as $23 syncrude discount evaporates

From a 7-year low against US benchmark crude only six weeks ago, syncrude on Monday moved into premium territory.

Frik Els | May 1, 2012 | 2:52 am

Courts tell Goldcorp to suspend El Morro construction

The Supreme Court of Chile suspended Goldcorp's (GG: NYSE; G: TSX) environmental permit for the El Morro copper-gold project.

Michael Allan McCrae | April 30, 2012 | 11:00 pm

Live debate recap: Ron Paul versus Paul Krugman

Presidential candidate and a giant of the Libertarian crowd, Ron Paul, debated Nobel-prize winning Paul Krugman on Bloomberg's Street Smart.

Michael Allan McCrae | April 30, 2012 | 10:36 pm

Dundee Precious Metals stock in mini meltdown after told to cut smelter feed

"We have spent over $40 million on the smelter in the two years we have owned it and are aware of the challenges that continue to exist there," Chief Executive Jonathan Goodman said in a statement.

Frik Els | April 30, 2012 | 9:06 pm

Fascinating video: growth of shipping around the globe over the past 250 years

Cool.

Michael Allan McCrae | April 30, 2012 | 7:53 pm

India’s new uranium mine may host one of world’s largest reserves

In what is considered a major milestone in the Indian nuclear program, the Uranium Corporation of India Ltd (UCIL) commissioned last week a new uranium mine, which may host one of the most significant reserves of the yellow material in the world.

MINING.com Editor | April 30, 2012 | 6:38 pm

Imports likely down 30% as gold hits all-time rupee high

Indian gold imports are likely to plummet this year as a crashing currency and new taxes send domestic gold prices soaring.

Frik Els | April 30, 2012 | 6:36 pm

Greenpeace puns iCoal, but the group may have its numbers wrong

Greenpeace recently published a new ad on YouTube that takes a swipe at Apple's reliance on coal to power its cloud computing services, however the environmental organization may have goofed when compiling its figures.

Michael Allan McCrae | April 30, 2012 | 5:51 pm

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