December 23, 2013 Illegal mining is Latin America’s new cocaine Once confined to Peru and Colombia, the shady business has spread out to neighbouring countries and is generating up to five times more revenue than drug trafficking.
December 22, 2013 Codelco’s Chuquicamata copper mine strike over 800 striking workers at the giant copper mine in Chile returned to work on Saturday.
December 22, 2013 Chad Mabry: Where to drill for portfolio outperformance In this interview with The Energy Report, Mabry also talks about some companies with exposure to up-and-coming plays that could offer major upside.
December 20, 2013 Peru’s $1bn Tia Maria copper mine gets social license, to restart mining soon Work is likely to restart within the next 90 days, a top government official said following a public meeting with local residents.
December 20, 2013 Colombia calls a truce in freshly declared war on coal It has extended Drummond port improvement deadline, but it will charge the company daily fines.
December 19, 2013 Iron ore, met coal prices slump as Australia ramps up exports The price of iron ore slumped to a 7-week low and metallurgical coal traded at its lowest level since August on predictions of a massive spike in exports from top…
December 18, 2013 Survey: 72% of miners see the global economy improving Confidence levels in the sector have improved dramatically over the last 12 months, reaching a two-year high.
December 17, 2013 Steve Yuzpe and Maria Smirnova: Why Sprott Resource Corp. sold $76m in bullion In this interview with The Mining Report, new Sprott Resource Corp. President and CEO Steve Yuzpe discusses where the company will focus its capital, and Sprott Asset Management Associate Portfolio…
December 16, 2013 Primero Mining buys Brigus Gold for $208 million The transaction creates a diversified, Americas-based mid-tier gold producer that would generate the equivalent of 250,000 to 270,000 ounces of gold next year.
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