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China shakes up 2,000-year-old salt monopoly

Courts continued to imprison private salt sellers even in the past decade.

Financial Times | January 2, 2017 | 9:35 am

SLIDESHOW: Mining on the mend – 2016 year in review

The global mining industry rebounded from multi-year lows in 2016 – MINING.com's most popular posts of the year tell the story.

Frik Els | January 1, 2017 | 10:22 pm

CHART: China’s economy growing fastest since 2013

Turnaround in GDP expansion in world's top commodity consumer over the past few months "almost as sharp as in 2009" says new study.

Frik Els | December 22, 2016 | 12:06 pm

Miners trapped at Canada’s Allan potash mine rescued and safe

The 114 miners who were trapped underground following a fire are now home and operations will resume today.

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 20, 2016 | 6:03 am

Vale to sell fertilizer business to Mosaic for $2.5 billion

Mosaic has agreed to acquire most of Vale's phosphate assets in Brazil, its stake in Peru's Bayovar mine and the firm’s Kronau potash project, in Canada.

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 19, 2016 | 5:09 am

Capital allocation: Canadian miners’ top priority for 2017

With fluctuating commodity prices, the top priorities for Canadian miners next year will be capital allocation, strategic deal making and employing new technology and innovations, a report shows.

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 7, 2016 | 11:03 am

Glencore to resume dividend in 2017 as debt reduction on track

Soaring coal prices have helped Glencore, the world’s biggest provider of the thermal kind, straighten its balance sheet.

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 1, 2016 | 3:48 am

Phosphate mining firms set sights on Southern Africa’s sea floor

Southern Africa finds itself at the center of the offshore bulk sediment mining debate as international companies rush to strip mine phosphate deposits in coastal waters of South Africa and Namibia.

Mark Olalde | Pulitzer Center | November 30, 2016 | 2:28 am

Gensource Potash, Essel Group to jointly develop small potash mine in Saskatchewan

The agreement is EGME's second significant investment in the potash industry. In 2015, it acquired the exploration license for the Bada mine in Eritrea.

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 29, 2016 | 9:31 am

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