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Mining CEOs make up a quarter of highest paid Canadian chiefs

Twenty-four mining and oilsands company chief executives are among the 100 highest paid Canadian CEOs.

Andrew Topf | January 6, 2012 | 11:45 pm

Philippines shutting down hundreds of mines due to major landslide

The Philippine government on Friday ordered the shutdown of 500 small mines threatened by landslides in a southern town where a chunk of a mountain tumbled down on sleeping residents and killed at least 27 people.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 6, 2012 | 2:39 pm

Newmont trying hard to divert protestors’ attention in Peru by stressing Conga copper-gold mine community benefits

As protests against the $4.8 billion Conga project in Peru resumed this week, Newmont Mining Corporation (NYSE: NEM) has put together a strategic document outlining its community investment projects related to the gold-copper project.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 6, 2012 | 1:33 pm

Freeport’s Grasberg miners want owed wages to return

Union spokesman Virgo Solossa said Friday the miners will stop returning to the mine on Saturday if they are not paid salaries owed to them during a recent three-month strike.

Mineweb | January 6, 2012 | 7:16 am

Everything you have ever wanted to know about gold: illustrated

NumberSleuth produced a fantastic gold infographic illustrating all the major trends: how much above-ground gold (gold that has been mined) is there in all the world, and how much gold gets mined per year worldwide?

Michael Allan McCrae | January 6, 2012 | 3:03 am

First Quantum gets out of Congo with $1.25 billion asset sale

First Quantum Minerals, the Vancouver-based copper miner embroiled in a dispute with the Congolese government over expropriation of one of its key assets, has sold its mines in the Central African country.

Andrew Topf | January 5, 2012 | 6:00 pm

Union drops strike at First Quantum mine in Zambia

Workers at First Quantum Minerals' Zambian copper/gold mine resumed work this morning after the country’s minister of labour intervened to end the two-day wage strike.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 5, 2012 | 12:52 pm