Bloomberg: Gold boom spreading mercury as 15 million miners exposed

Bloomberg has a devastating in-depth report on the impact of gold mining in a small town in Colombia called Segovia where "almost 100 shops refine the gold that prospectors bring down from the foothills of the Andes Mountains"

MINING.com Editor | May 27, 2012 | 12:35 am

Prophecy Platinum adds to 80% 12-month gain after Yukon project analysis

Prophecy Platinum added 2.5% on Friday on double usual trading volumes, after announcing results of a full spectrum analysis of PGMs on the first batch of samples from its PGM-Ni-Cu wholly-owned Wellgreen project, in the Yukon, Canada.

MINING.com Editor | May 25, 2012 | 5:30 pm

Alaska mines and mineral prospects mapped

Alaska Dispatch has published an interactive map plotting Alaska's operating mines, active prospects and abandoned prospects.

MINING.com Editor | May 24, 2012 | 9:17 pm

Silver mine near Vancouver advancing toward production

A small silver mine in the British Columbia Interior is a step closer to production after the BC government granted a mining lease and permit.

MINING.com Editor | May 24, 2012 | 6:22 pm

Stornoway splashing $28.4 million for Renard engineering

Stornoway Diamond Corp will spend $28.4 million to advance its Renard diamond project in northern Quebec, the Vancouver-based company (TSX:SWY) announced yesterday.

MINING.com Editor | May 24, 2012 | 5:32 pm

Cloud-based solution for critical information in mining and engineering companies

Applicate’s RedEye™ is a Cloud-based drafting management solution designed to serve the needs of companies operating in the mining, energy and industrial arenas. This Australian developed technology quickly, securely and accurately increases productivity and efficiency across a wide range of industrial sites.

MINING.com Editor | May 24, 2012 | 4:10 pm

Back by popular request: Mobile Equipment Life Cycle Management

This two-day webcast will take place June 27-28, 2012 - and you can attend from anywhere! For more information or to register, see the course page. Register before May 28th to receive a 10% Early Bird discount!

MINING.com Editor | May 24, 2012 | 12:20 am

De Beers leading efforts to rescue illegal miners at abandoned mine

De Beers on Wednesday launched rescue efforts for diggers who have been trapped after an illegally excavated tunnel collapsed in the diamond giant's abandoned Namaqualand mining area.

MINING.com Editor | May 23, 2012 | 5:15 pm

Osisko’s Canadian Malartic returns to full operation, but fire damage to stock price is 25%

Osisko stock was down another 3.7% today despite the positive news and has now lost 25% of its value since the fire at the Quebec mine was first reported on May 9th.

MINING.com Editor | May 22, 2012 | 11:30 pm

Is post-Taylor diamond mining in Sierra Leone clean?

Charles Taylor, was convicted in April of war crimes for arming Sierra Leone's rebels in return for blood diamonds. Taylor is now awaiting sentencing and the BBC tries to find out if mining in the country is now “clean”.

MINING.com Editor | May 21, 2012 | 9:50 pm

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