April 9, 2013

Mining license for Canada’s Tahoe Resources in Guatemala did not consider murder probe pending

After more than two years of delay, the Guatemalan Minister of Energy and Mines (MEM) announced it had approved the exploitation license for Tahoe Resources’ Escobal mine in San Rafael…

April 9, 2013

Anti-mining protests spread throughout New Zealand

Opposition parties claim companies lobbied for a last minute change to a bill introducing a harder line on anti-mining protests at sea.

April 9, 2013

Copper strike will cost Chile up to $35 million

If all major copper mines in Chile halted their operations for a day, the country would lose more than $120 million in copper exports alone.

April 9, 2013

Gold Fields declares a 14k oz loss as Ghana striking miners come back to work

Ghana now accounts for about 42% of the company's gold output.

April 9, 2013

US states push for gold as legal tender

Arizona is the main state arguing for residents to be able to use bullion as rightful currency.

April 8, 2013

Marginal growth for global construction equipment industry

Sales of construction equipment by the world's 50 largest manufacturers grew just +2.6% last year to US$ 186 billion, according KHL Group’s annual Yellow Table survey.

April 8, 2013

Thatcher’s death ‘best birthday’ for miner

One of Margaret Thatcher's mining union foes has described the former PM's death as the icing on the cake as he celebrates his 70th birthday.

April 8, 2013

Mining companies investing intelligently now will be rewarded

2013 global mining trends.

April 8, 2013

Astronomers find promising evidence of dark matter while U.S. team looks in former gold mine

The group has installed a 350 kg liquid xenon time-projection chamber, which aims to directly detect galactic dark matter in an underground laboratory, built 1.6 km below the surface.

April 8, 2013

New leak at Fukushima nuclear plant

Although this weekend's leakage was just over three litres, public concerns about the firm’s ability to safely manage the plant continue to mount.