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World’s biggest wind farm will be built near Fukushima nuclear power plant

Project completion is expected by 2020

Michael Allan McCrae | January 18, 2013 | 7:16 pm

Canadian miner kidnapped in Colombia

Five gold miners working in a northern province of Colombia were kidnapped Friday afternoon by the leftist National Liberation Army (ELN).

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 18, 2013 | 7:09 pm

Former Upper Big Branch superintendent going to prison

Gary May was sentenced to a 21-month prison term.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 18, 2013 | 5:48 pm

Mine manager charged over four deaths in UK’s Gleision disaster

The incident is considered the worst mining disaster in Wales in the last three decades.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 18, 2013 | 5:23 pm

Colombia allows some miners to work in new national park, sparks debate

While miners that already hold licenses will be allowed to keep working in the area, the authority emphasized that those permits will not be renewed once they expire.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 18, 2013 | 4:40 pm

Glencore and Xstrata postpone final merger date, but get Eskom’s support

Eskom's announcement removes one of the last few hurdles in the two companies' quest to create the world's fourth-biggest diversified miner.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 18, 2013 | 3:16 pm

Canadian miner that hired hundreds of Chinese to disclose failed applicants’ resumes

HD Mining, the company at the centre of a court battle over Chinese workers at a coal mine in British Columbia, Canada, will release résumés of Canadians who applied for, but didn’t get, jobs at the project.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 18, 2013 | 2:17 pm