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Tibetan nomads clash with gold miners over sacred mountain

Tibetan nomads in China's vast inland province of Qinghai have clashed with Chinese gold miners in attempts to defend a mountain considered sacred by local religious beliefs.

Marc Howe | August 31, 2012 | 12:42 am

Chinese firms invest in smelters as Indonesian ore export ban approaches

Chinese firms plan to invest up to AUD$8.6 billion in Indonesian smelters to mitigate the impact of a ban on unprocessed ore exports.

Marc Howe | August 31, 2012 | 12:16 am

Mining Boom in Burkina Faso has Negative Effect on Education

The gold mining boom in the country has a negative impact on the school attendance of children from primary school to secondary […]

Susanne Iberle | August 31, 2012 | 12:02 am

Macabre twist: Lonmin protesters who survived massacre face murder charges

Two weeks after South African police opened fire on a group of 3,000 workers and killed 34 people protesting at the platinum miner Lonmin's (LON:JSE) Marikana mine, prosecutors are bringing murder charges against a unexpected group of suspects: the miners themselves.

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 30, 2012 | 7:13 pm

Conga remains key for Newmont

Newmont Mining's (NYSE:NEM) $4.8 billion copper-gold project in Cajamarca Peru remains as one of the company’s priorities, but further development will be done on a very measured basis, told MINING.com the company’s head of communications, Omar Jabara.

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 30, 2012 | 4:10 pm

SGS announces Cochrane Lab is now in operation

SGS is pleased to announce that the new, fully equipped, commercial geochemistry laboratory in Cochrane, Ontario, Canada is now open and receiving samples.

SGS Minerals Services | August 30, 2012 | 3:01 pm

Expectation over Friday’s Jackson Hole Fed speech puts bullion on hold

An awaited speech by Federal Reserve’s chairman Ben Bernanke at a central bankers' symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, tomorrow, has investors wondering whether the institution will embark on another asset buying programme, known as quantitative easing.

MINING.com Editor | August 30, 2012 | 2:38 pm

Xstrata kicks off production at Mount Margaret mine‎

London listed Xstrata (LON:XTA) started Thursday copper production at its $310 million (A$300) Mount Margaret operation in north-west Queensland, Australia.

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 30, 2012 | 2:06 pm

Qatar Holding confirms it will vote against Glenstrata next week, shares dive

Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund has publicly said Friday it will vote against the mooted $70 billion merger between Glencore (LON:GLEN) and Xstrata (LON:XTA), which sent shares of both the Swiss commodity trader and the coal giant down the slope Thursday in London.

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 30, 2012 | 1:01 pm

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