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Platinum strike doesn’t get to spoil Anglo American’s first quarter results

Platinum output fell by nearly 40% as a consequence of a more than three-month strike over pay in the sector South Africa.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 24, 2014 | 2:00 pm

First seabed mine to go ahead as Nautilus solves dispute with PNG

Under the agreement, the Papua New Guinea government paid Nautilus $7 million, which entitles it to a 15% stake in the project, with an option to increase it by another 15% in the next 12 months.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 24, 2014 | 11:15 am

Barrick-Newmont merger could be as good as gold

The new gold giant would have a market value of $33 billion, operations on five continents, and a gold output of well over 12 million ounces a year.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 23, 2014 | 6:25 pm

About 40,000 illegal miners ignore Peru’s deadline to formalize status

Tension grows as the illicit miners keep evading government efforts to bring them into the formal economy.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 23, 2014 | 4:05 pm

Chile turning mines into tourist attractions

Chile's massive copper mines will soon be part of a "Mining Tourism Route," to kick off in 2015.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 23, 2014 | 2:24 pm

Teck invests further in Halifax’s Erdene to expand copper exploration in Mongolia

Erdene Resource owns the Altan Nar gold-polymetallic project, located in southwest Mongolia, 200 kilometres from the border with China.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 22, 2014 | 4:13 pm

Teck to axe 600 jobs, postpones Quintette coal mine restart

Weak commodity prices hurt Teck's three core business units —coal, copper and zinc— but coal was particularly hard hit due to increased supply from Australia, the company said.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 22, 2014 | 10:45 am