Cecilia Jamasmie, Author at MINING.COM

Chile’s recent coal phase-out decision claims first victims

French power company Engie SA is closing all of its coal-fired power plants in the country. It plans to replace the capacity with renewable energy.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 2, 2018 | 3:45 am

Exploration spending in Canada’s poorest regions keeps sliding

The Northwest Territories and Nunavut, two of the three regions with the lowest income per capita, will see exploration investment to drop again in 2018, Natural Resources Canada says.

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 29, 2018 | 10:40 am

Miners ask Congo to introduce sliding royalty scale

The proposal, signed by companies responsible for 85% of the DRC's copper, cobalt and gold output, suggest that sliding royalties will give the government a higher share of revenues.

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 29, 2018 | 6:57 am

Canada’s Asanko, South Africa’s Gold Fields team up in $203m Ghana JV

Canada’s Asanko, South Africa’s Gold Fields team up in $185m Ghana JV

Companies are teaming up to develop one of the country’s newest gold mine, the Asanko Gold Mine (AGM).

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 29, 2018 | 2:59 am

Kinross closer to making decision on reopening gold mine in Chile

Operations at La Coipa mine, located in in northern Chile, were halted in 2013, when the targeted orebody run out of riches.

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 28, 2018 | 9:04 am

DRDGold okays Sibanye-Stillwater $108 million-assets exchange deal

DRDGold okays Sibanye-Stillwater $110 million-assets exchange deal

South Africa’s top gold producer has secured a 38% stake in DRDGold in exchange for some of its assets, which boosts the mid-tier gold miner’s reserves by 91% to 5.7 million ounces.

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 28, 2018 | 3:58 am

Rio Tinto fully out of coal sector with $2.5bn Kestrel mine sale

Rio Tinto fully out of coal sector with $2.25bn Kestrel mine sale

Company has agreed to sell its 80% stake in the Kestrel mine to a consortium comprising of private equity manager EMR Capital and Indonesian coal company Adaro Energy.

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 27, 2018 | 7:14 am

Copper Mountain gains approval for $71m acquisition of Altona

The combination of the two companies will result in a mid-sized copper miner, with an expected annual production of about 73,000 tonnes of the metal.

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 27, 2018 | 5:55 am

Vedanta shuts protests-ridden copper smelter in India for 15 days

The maintenance activity, originally scheduled for April, comes amid media reports that thousands had taken to the streets and shut shops in Thootukudi to protest against the expansion of the smelter.

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 27, 2018 | 3:46 am

Lundin closes $400-million financing to complete Ecuador gold project

Lundin has been developing Fruta del Norte for over a year, following an agreement with Ecuador’s government allowing the miner to move ahead with the gold project, the country's biggest.

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 26, 2018 | 10:23 am