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Antique silver dollar auctioned for record-breaking sum

A US silver dollar coin minted which may have been handled by George Washington and Thomas Jefferson has been sold by a California auction house for the record-breaking sum of USD$10mn

Marc Howe | January 26, 2013 | 7:55 am

Approval of Whitehaven’s mine expansion threatens state forests

The New South Wales state government has given its approval to proposed expansions to Whitehaven Coal's (ASX:WHC) Tarrawonga mine in Gunnedah Basin, one of three mining projects in the area which imperil the Leard State Forest

Marc Howe | January 26, 2013 | 3:17 am

Zimbabwe launches diamond fraud investigation in lead up to election

Zimbabwe's incumbent ZANU-PF party has ordered police to launch an investigation of claims that five provincial leaders defrauded over a million dollars from various diamond mining companies

Marc Howe | January 26, 2013 | 2:50 am

Report: Polyus and Polymetal to merge creating world’s No. 3 gold miner by reserves

London-listed Russian giants came close to a tie up last year.

Frik Els | January 25, 2013 | 11:43 pm

INFOGRAPHIC: Comparing mining billionaires to run of the mill billionaires

Bloomberg has a terrific interactive chart that ranks the world’s richest people by net worth, industry, geographical region, wealth sources and quite […]

Michael Allan McCrae | January 25, 2013 | 10:43 pm

Anglo American reports Q4 drops in iron ore and platinum production

Anglo's iron ore and platinum production dips in Q4

MINING.com Editor | January 25, 2013 | 8:31 pm

Centerra Gold responds to rumours of Kumtor’s mine licence cancellation

Local media reported that Kyrgyzstan minister of economy, Temir Sariyev, implied that Centerra would have its permit revoked and a new company would continue to extract gold from Kumtor.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 25, 2013 | 7:17 pm