Poll: 74% of Chileans want mining companies to pay higher taxes They believe those funds should be allocated to the regions where mining operations are based. Cecilia Jamasmie | April 9, 2014 | 11:15 am
BHP wants to build world’s largest underground coal mine But it is planning to do so at the fertile Liverpool Plains, an extensive agricultural area, which is predictably raising opposition from locals. Cecilia Jamasmie | April 8, 2014 | 7:23 pm
Mining, oil and gas companies, at highest risk of cyber-attacks: report Personal assistants at large mining companies and PR people were the most targeted by online criminals. Cecilia Jamasmie | April 8, 2014 | 5:24 pm
BHP’s Illawarra Coal cuts 36 jobs About 36 contractor and head office positions on the line. Cecilia Jamasmie | April 8, 2014 | 4:19 pm
US gas revolution claims first coal mining victim: James River files for bankruptcy The coal firm was hard hit a steep drop in prices and demand for both thermal and steel-making coal. Cecilia Jamasmie | April 8, 2014 | 2:32 pm
Codelco unveils new copper deposits holding over 1,800 million tonnes The world’s No.1 copper producer said the recently found deposits are all located nearby current operations. Cecilia Jamasmie | April 8, 2014 | 11:25 am
Matchmaking miners and China’s $7 trillion in savings Only last year Chinese overseas investment totalled $61.6 billion by the end of September. Cecilia Jamasmie | April 7, 2014 | 6:20 pm
‘All investment comes through Toronto’: Colombia mining minister Colombia outpaces investment in all of Latin America. Cecilia Jamasmie | April 7, 2014 | 4:33 pm
Rio Tinto walks away from massive Pebble copper-gold project Rio becomes the second large diversified miner, after Anglo American, to back out of the project in less than seven months. Cecilia Jamasmie | April 7, 2014 | 4:00 pm
Dubai gold trade reached $75 billion in 2013 The figure represents almost 40% of the world's physical gold trade last year. Cecilia Jamasmie | April 7, 2014 | 1:48 pm
