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Australian company submits EIS for US$300 million gold-silver project in Chile

Australian Laguna Resources (ASX: LRC) has submitted an environmental impact study (EIS) to Chile’s Environment Ministry's evaluation service for its US$300 million Arqueros gold-silver project in the north of the country.

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 30, 2011 | 3:56 pm

Should you sell gold now or will it outperform again in 2012?

Mineweb | December 30, 2011 | 1:40 pm

Hindustan Copper awards contract to 3 Chinese companies to develop copper mines in India

Three Chinese companies are part of consortiums that have bagged Rs 1,800-crore worth of five contracts awarded by state-owned Hindustan Copper to raise its production four-fold to 12 million tonnes over the next five years.

The Economic Times | December 30, 2011 | 6:48 am

Can coal ever come clean? Movement tripped up by lack of hard science and environmental opposition

What happened to the clean coal movement? Benjamin Gotlieb, blogging for the web news portal of the Los Angeles-based Annenberg School for Journalism and Communication, addresses the question of whether carbon dioxide can safely be stored in the earth's crust.

Andrew Topf | December 30, 2011 | 6:38 am

UK coal industry plans for cheaper, reliable and sustainable power

Britain’s coal producers have tabled a five-point plan that they say “will give the nation’s electricity users cheaper, reliable and sustainable power supplies whilst safeguarding jobs, stimulating investment and reducing energy imports.”

International Mining | December 30, 2011 | 5:17 am

Professional Numismatists Guild members predict gold, silver up in 2012, but estimates vary

(Temecula, California) -- How will gold, silver and other precious metals perform in 2012?

Professional Numismatists Guild | December 29, 2011 | 11:05 pm

Gold drops below $1,550

Gold is ringing out the year on a sour note, dropping below $1,550/oz and losing nearly 10% of its value in the last month.

Michael Allan McCrae | December 29, 2011 | 8:41 pm

Coal or koalas? Australia’s new dilemma

When Singapore-based OGL Resources Limited (ASX:OGL) announced its plans to reopen the Ebenezer Coal Mine west of Brisbane next year, little did it know that koala lovers would take them to the Supreme Court.

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 29, 2011 | 5:08 pm