Cecilia Jamasmie , Senior Editor

Falling crude prices and decreased investment in the sector are to blame.

Active production at the Canadian Bloom Lake iron ore mine has completely ceased, and the sale of the firm's its struggling coal division has been completed.

The concept of a government-backed initiative to manage CSR abroad is being looked at by various nations, including Canada and the U.K.

The court refused to consider the appeal on procedural grounds. Chile's environmental regulator will now have to re-evaluate the administrative fines for over $16 million it imposed on the project.

The precious metal is ending the year nearly unchanged after plummeting about 30% in 2013.

Authorities have yet to take action over what the company has qualified as a potential mine disaster that may cost lives and have serious environmental costs.

Despite the government announcement Tuesday that it will push ahead with plans to more than triple mining royalties.

There currently are several practical and legal reasons for companies to have a CSR strategy in place, says expert in the field Elizabeth Adey, in this interview with MINING.com.

The government also published a list of answers to common questions about crude exports, providing guidance in a matter plagued by confusion.

The discovery — located approximately 95 km northwest of Cusco— contains both light rare earth elements (LREEs) and heavy rare earth elements and metals (HREEs).