Rio to idle Hope Downs 4 over Christmas
Employees at Rio Tinto's (LON,NYSE,ASX:RIO) Hope Downs 4 mine in Australia will do better than a lump of coal over Christmas this year.
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Canada’s Goldcorp to make Borden an all-electric mine
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Gold Fields withdraws $1.4bn offer for Kirkland Lake
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Canada’s Quebec launches online tool to help suppliers win up to $50bn in contracts
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Greece grants permit to Eldorado Gold’s Skouries mine
Decision is expected to put an end to years of confrontation between the Canadian miner and the Greek government.
Randgold, Newcrest join forces to explore Ivory Coast for more gold
The new venture is part of Randgold's ambitious plan to discover three new deposits in the next five years.
Thermal-fired electricity generation to decline precipitously in not-so-distant future
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