December 30, 2014 Peru environmental agency gets tougher on miners The move aims to expedite the processing and sanction of pollution cases.
December 29, 2014 Pressures on Australian coal show no signs of ending When world leaders assembled at the G20 Summit in Brisbane last month, the corporation selected by the Australian government to address the G20 and spearhead its "thought leadership forum" was…
December 29, 2014 China to soon lift restrictions on rare earth exports Export taxes to remain at 15% – 25% until at least March 2015.
December 29, 2014 Coalview announces commissioning of Centralia plant The firm announced it is successfully commissioning its Coalview Centralia fine coal recovery (FCR) plant.
December 29, 2014 Scientists test algae to harvest precious metals and biofuel from mining sludge If successful the technology could be used to treat many forms of environmental pollution.
December 29, 2014 Stans Energy Corp announces MOU for acquisition of Rudniy Log specularite property Under the terms of the MOU, Stans and GRK MA (together “the Parties”), have agreed on consideration for the possible development of the Rudniy Log specularite (iron oxide) deposit (the…
December 29, 2014 Up to 700 jobless as Patriot Coal idles mines in western Kentucky The coal miner, which emerged from bankruptcy only a year ago, had warned earlier this month it might have to make “substantial” job cuts at those facilities.
December 29, 2014 The top mining mergers and acquisitions of 2014 The deals that were and those that failed. Here is MINING.com’s shortlist.
December 28, 2014 German central bank: We’re still taking back our bullion Bundesbank confirms Germany's gold repatriation plan is still in place, but can't say if more than 2013's five measly tonnes were brought back from the US.
December 24, 2014 One employee shot dead at B2Gold Masbate project in the Philippines The security guard, a long-time employee at the Masbate gold project, was killed by a fellow guard on Saturday, following an argument between the two.
Iamgold’s Lemelin thanks mentor for Africa option Bruno Lemelin recalls his first Iamgold boss urging him to join Essakane in Burkina Faso as regional politics began to unravel. December 26, 2025 | 05:00 am
