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Canadian firms sue Barrick over divisive Pascua-Lama project

The lawsuit alleges Barrick knew or should have known that it would have to overcome significant obstacles with its $8.5bn Pascua-Lamas gold-silver project.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 22, 2014 | 6:07 pm

Komatsu, Finning CAT and FLSmidth are Chile’s top mining suppliers

In its third annual edition, the ranking of best mining suppliers in Chile also reveals that 62% of respondents believe they can find a better supplier than the one they already have.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | May 22, 2014 | 4:32 pm

Copper miner Antofagasta optimistic despite challenging short-term market conditions

After a difficult 2013, the group says it's now in a period of consolidation, but warns it will continue to focus on reducing costs.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 21, 2014 | 2:19 pm

Ivanhoe raising C$150m in equity for Congo mines

Robert Friedland, executive chairman of the Vancouver-based company is pitching in himself.

Frik Els | May 20, 2014 | 10:26 pm

Komatsu dealer sells hydraulic shovel, haul trucks to True Gold

Later the fleet will be augmented with a second primary excavator and eight additional trucks.

Michael Allan McCrae | May 20, 2014 | 5:16 pm

Community conflict can cost miners up to $20m a week

Cost cutting by mining companies may damage the viability of advancing future projects.

Michael Allan McCrae | May 20, 2014 | 4:56 pm

Africa FDI at decade high

Foreign direct investment is shifting from extractive industries to consumer-related sectors according to new report.

Ernst & Young | May 18, 2014 | 11:00 pm

Global mining deals picking up, but far from returning to boom times

Companies’ low valuation, the current focus on operational efficiency in the mining sector, and the chase for overseas assets by Chinese investors, are pushing deals up.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 18, 2014 | 1:59 pm

Copper-based experiment leads academic to find new way to treat cancer

Physicist finds that when the copper-cysteamine complex he created in his lab was exposed to X-rays, it started emitting a toxic by-product that damages cancer cells.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 18, 2014 | 1:37 pm

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