MINING.COM MINUTE: Biggest stories of the week

Believed to be the UK's largest.

The Vancouver-based miner said that the expected growth would be driven by Kisladag, its flagship gold mine in Turkey.

Hundreds of South African gold mine workers were rescued and over 100 treated for smoke inhalation after an underground fire.

Golden Triangle.

Going up.

Barrick said earnings and cash flow impacted by planned maintenance activities at Barrick Nevada and Pueblo Viejo.

Some 200 members of the United Steelworkers (USW) at Mount Polley mine near Williams Lake, B.C., are set to vote on a tentative agreement following an eight-week strike in response to a company lockout and attempts to extract concessions.

Freeport-McMoRan Inc, the world's biggest publicly listed copper miner, reported bigger-than-expected earnings on Wednesday, as production and prices soared above last year.

BHP has offer workers a signing on bonus of $27,000, up from an earlier offer of $23,000, plus a 1.5% salary increase, but still well under the bonus up to $43,000 and 5% increase demanded by Escondida’s union.