Cecilia Jamasmie, Author at MINING.COM

Ancient Buddhist statue found in Tibet carved from meteorite

A Buddha statue looted by Nazis in Tibet in the 1930s was carved from the Chinga meteorite, which crashed to the Earth 15,000 years ago, revealed Elmar Buchner of the Planetology Institute at Stuttgart University.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 29, 2012 | 4:34 pm

Rio Tinto unveils $5.5 million necklace made with its Argyle diamonds

Rio Tinto’s Argyle pink diamonds have been combined for the first time with imperial jade in a piece of jewellery. The necklace, known as The Argyle Empress, was designed by luxury jeweller Chow Tai Fook and is valued at $5.5 million.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 29, 2012 | 3:31 pm

Over $2 million in gold and gems stolen from US museum

About $2 million worth of gold nuggets and precious gems were stolen Friday afternoon from the Californian Mariposa Mining and Mineral Museum.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 29, 2012 | 3:09 pm

Toyota tries on the mining helmet: buys lithium deposit in Argentina

Toyota, one of the leading automakers in the world, bought this week a 25% stake in Salar de Olaroz lithium and potassium project in Argentina to ensure supply for it growing electric cars division.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 29, 2012 | 2:30 pm

Latin America poised to become uranium superpower

Uranium exploration and production is on a fast track in Latin American, as investors begin to realize that a few small-cap companies are controlling deposits that could be worth billions of dollars.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 29, 2012 | 12:05 pm

Rio Tinto-OMC $2 billion join venture to be shelved

A 17-year-old agreement to develop about $2 billion worth in iron ore deposits between, mining giant Rio Tinto and state-own Odisha Mining Corporation , is about to be nothing but history.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 28, 2012 | 5:53 pm

$1.5 million gigantic diamond unearthed in Russia

A jaw-dropping 158.2-carat diamond worth over $1.5 million, which was discovered in Russia early this month by Alrosa, was shown to the public for the first time Thursday.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 28, 2012 | 3:33 pm

Risks for oil and mining companies rising in Colombia – report

Colombia's booming mining and oil industries are likely to be the centre of terrorist attacks over the coming months as soldiers and guerrillas fight on the battlefield, while their delegations hold peace talks to end the country's half-century-old conflict.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 28, 2012 | 2:52 pm

NASA takes asteroid mining seriously; funds viability study

Only five months after Google’s billionaire co-founders and filmmaker James Cameron officially launched their asteroid mining focused Planetary Resources company, the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is funding a study to evaluate how viable the endeavour really is.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 28, 2012 | 2:50 pm