Animation: human population growth over all of history
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Major mines increasingly tapping Canadian indigenous labour force
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Rio Tinto rejects allegation it dodged $700 million in Oyu Tolgoi taxes
Dutch non-profit organization claims Rio and its Canadian subsidiary Turquoise Hill used a complex network of tax haven subsidiaries and lending money to itself at high interest rates.
Centamin shareholders get bumper divvy, despite 2017 profit fall
Egypt-focused gold miner is paying a final dividend of 10 US cents per share, or a total of $144 million, as it vowed to return all of its excess cash to investors.
These are top-10 global mining trends expected for 2018
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A modern land run? Trump move opens Utah to mining claims under 1872 law
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