Cecilia Jamasmie, Author at MINING.COM

BHP Billiton to slash copper production costs, increase output

The miner expects to lower production costs to $1.08 per pound during the 2017 financial year, from a projected $1.21 per pound in the year ending June 2016.

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 1, 2015 | 3:19 am

Canadian Oil Sands granted one more month to fend off Suncor’s hostile bid

The poison pill provision must expire by Monday, Jan. 4, 2016.

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 30, 2015 | 3:27 pm

Up to 20,000 mining jobs gone in Australia by 2018 — report

Mining investment in Australia is forecast to fall a further 58% the next three years.

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 30, 2015 | 7:59 am

Iron ore keeps falling, drops below $43 a tonne

If that sounds bad, then you might not want to hear that the most-active iron ore futures in Singapore sank Monday below $40 a tonne for the first time ever.

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 30, 2015 | 5:00 am

Barrick, NovaGold project in Alaska a step closer to becoming the region’s largest development

The Donlin deposit holds an estimated 33 million ounces of gold, which would be extracted over the expected 27-year operating life of the open pit mine.

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 30, 2015 | 3:43 am

Toxic elements found in water weeks after Brazil’s mine disaster — Vale

Company confirms that the Institute for Water Management in Minas Gerais (IGAM) found levels of arsenic, lead and other toxic elements many times higher than the legal maximums along the river.

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 27, 2015 | 2:00 pm