Cecilia Jamasmie, Author at MINING.COM

Copper down nearly 3% on China growth woes

Force majeure at large Chinese copper producer, supply cut by half

China’s third largest copper producer announcement comes only a few weeks after outages at two large copper mines in Indonesia and the US.

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 6, 2013 | 11:20 pm

Lonmin hires more security stuff as union vote strike

Lonmin hires more security stuff as union votes for strike

Company said it will not tolerate further violence,

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 6, 2013 | 4:27 pm

CEO of London Metal Exchange quits

Martin Abbott agreed to stay in his current position until the end of this year.

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 6, 2013 | 2:44 pm

It’s official: Zambia scales back mining royalties to 9%

Vedanta halts plan to cut jobs in Zambian mines

Measure is expected to reduce tensions with the Zambian government, which threatened to take over the mine in May.

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 6, 2013 | 2:34 pm

Iron ore mine faces fresh charges of risking Tasmanian devils

Mining in the region would imperil the survival of the only robust Tasmanian devil population still left in the wild.

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 6, 2013 | 1:50 pm

ENRC board gets investors backing, shares buybacks blocked

Directors want to to take ENRC private.

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 5, 2013 | 6:03 pm

Glencore Xstrata shelves $139 million copper mine expansion project

Company confirmed Wednesday it had dismissed contractor Macmahon Holdings, which was hired for the project.

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 5, 2013 | 3:37 pm

Marine experts demand Australia to stop reef mine, ports plans

Marine experts demand Australia stop reef mine, ports plans

More than 150 scientists from 33 institutions signed a letter warning the Australian government of the mounting threats to the Great Barrier Reef from new coal ports and other industrial projects.

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 5, 2013 | 2:47 pm

Mongolia shakes its ‘Asia’s mineral state’ reputation, pushes renewables

Government will also introduce new environmental laws.

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 5, 2013 | 2:01 pm

Kenya to revoke controversial mining tax

New president and his administration are planning to revoke rules passed in 2012, which impose 35% local equity shareholding in the country’s mining licences.

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 5, 2013 | 1:09 pm