July 28, 2014 Australian environmental watchdog approves Cameco uranium mine Western Australia's Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recommended state approval for the project, under certain conditions.
July 28, 2014 Goldcorp pours first gold at Argentina’s Cerro Negro mine The miner poured the initial dole bar at a weight of 100 kilograms containing an estimated 317 ounces of gold.
July 28, 2014 Scotiabank, Deutsche, HSBC accused of rigging silver price The three banks have been accused of fixing the price of trillions of dollars worth of silver.
July 28, 2014 Australia’s newest and biggest coal mine gets federal approval The controversial US$15bn Carmichael Coal Mine and Rail Project is being developed by Indian conglomerate Adani Group.
July 28, 2014 Beny Steinmetz associate jailed over Guinea’s Simandou case Frederic Cilins, a French businessman who worked as an intermediary for BSGR in Guinea, became the first person to receive a criminal sentence in a corruption investigation.
July 27, 2014 Mass grave with hundreds of skeletons found in Bolivian mining town Hundreds of thousands have died over the years at the city's main silver mine, as a direct result of cave-ins, overwork, hunger and disease.
July 26, 2014 BC signs energy agreement with China There are 16 liquefied natural gas proposals in B.C., although energy analysts do not expect more than two or three will get built in the coming years.
July 25, 2014 More weakness ahead for miners No pain, no gain. That is one comment regarding this seemingly terminal bottoming process in the precious metals complex.
July 25, 2014 Freeport, Indonesia make peace: copper exports to resume in August Indonesia's top copper miner hopes next month to ramp up production and restart concentrate shipments from Grasberg, one of the world's largest copper mines.
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