Four years ago today, 65 Mexican miners perished at the Pasta de Conchos coal mine in a powerful methane gas explosion. Three of their widows have sued Grupo Mexico claiming negligence.
The country has over 30 business reforms planned for implementation by mid-2010 and, while businesses are excited at the prospect there is major doubt over the civil service's ability to implement them
Protests by anti-mining activists at the Canadian gold diggers Acua Rica project in Argentina's Catamarca province turned ugly Wednesday and a ruling was made to suspend work done locally
The latest mining school to face closure, something which has happened to many others around the world, is Western Australia's School of Mines in Kalgoorlie.
Speaking at the launch of the national budget, Wednesday, the Treasury department said the royalties which were postponed due to the recession will take effect from March 1
Faced with an $880 million state budget shortfall and substantial unemployment, Nevada's governor wants the mining industry to reduce the overall amount of its net proceeds tax deductions and pay more.
