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BHP rejects activist fund Elliott urge to spin off US oil assets

Company says the associated risks of spinning off about $22 billion of its US oil assets and listing them in New York would significantly outweigh any potential benefits.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 10, 2017 | 3:22 am

Top 10 copper mining companies in 2016

2016 highlights: a year of breakthroughs and setbacks

Vladimir Basov | April 7, 2017 | 4:05 pm

Canadians asked to weigh in on Teck’s proposed oil sands mine

The Frontier project is located 110 kilometres north of Fort McMurray, in Alberta, around 40 kilometres from the Fort McKay First Nation's reserve.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 7, 2017 | 9:02 am

Rio Tinto to fight $447 million Australian tax bill

The amount is linked to what is known as “transfer pricing” between Rio Tinto’s Australian operations and its Singapore office.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 6, 2017 | 10:03 am

BC mining financing dropped 40% in 2016

The mining industry still received 29% of the Canadian province’s top-grossing corporate financing deals.

Business in Vancouver | April 6, 2017 | 9:01 am

Erdene Resource moving forward with flagship project in Mongolia

While the company had other projects in the country, the Bayan Khundii gold project went from greenfield prospect to being its main asset in roughly nine months.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 6, 2017 | 3:48 am

Barrick confirms selling half of Veladero to Shandong Gold for $960 million

Deal will also see the two firms looking at jointly developing the nearby Pascua-Lama gold, silver and copper project and evaluating additional investment opportunities in the area.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 6, 2017 | 3:14 am

‘Conflict minerals’ entering tech supply chains from countries beyond Africa — report

Tungsten, tin, tantalum and gold are now also being illegally extracted and traded at sites under the control of armed groups in countries including Myanmar and Colombia.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 6, 2017 | 1:02 am

Escondida strike less damaging to Chile’s copper output than thought — report

Experts expect the country, which accounts for more 30% of the world's copper supply, to produce 5.4 million tonnes of the metal in 2017, slightly down from the 5.5mnt it yielded last year.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 5, 2017 | 9:28 am

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BHP rejects activist fund Elliott urge to spin off US oil assets

Top 10 copper mining companies in 2016

Canadians asked to weigh in on Teck’s proposed oil sands mine

Rio Tinto to fight $447 million Australian tax bill

BC mining financing dropped 40% in 2016

Erdene Resource moving forward with flagship project in Mongolia

Barrick confirms selling half of Veladero to Shandong Gold for $960 million

‘Conflict minerals’ entering tech supply chains from countries beyond Africa — report

Escondida strike less damaging to Chile’s copper output than thought — report

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