Asteroid mining firm hires former White House officer Peter Marquez, former director of space policy under US Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama, is Planetary Resources’s new vice president for global engagement. Cecilia Jamasmie | June 11, 2013 | 2:22 pm
Rio Tinto to start copper exports from Oyu Tolgoi this week Company is said to have invited reporters to attend a ceremony at the mine this Friday to celebrate its first shipment. Cecilia Jamasmie | June 11, 2013 | 1:56 pm
Queensland miner switching to 100% local workforce At the start of 2013, the company was flying in and out 70 workers from other areas of Australia. MINING.com Editor | June 11, 2013 | 8:36 am
Ivanplats gets its ducks in a row for South African project Company filed both a mining right application and included a BEE (Black Economic Empowerment) partner. Cecilia Jamasmie | June 10, 2013 | 6:06 pm
Copper Mountain’s mine up and running again ahead of schedule The miners hasn't yet determined the exact cause of the mid-May failure of the transformer. Cecilia Jamasmie | June 10, 2013 | 5:21 pm
Ecuador to vote on ground-breaking law to allow large-scale mining Country's gold, copper and silver reserves estimated at $115 billion. Cecilia Jamasmie | June 10, 2013 | 11:30 am
Anglo American CEO selling the $49 million corporate jet The Gulfstream G550 is on the way out. MINING.com Editor | June 9, 2013 | 10:09 pm
Canadian mining tax system distorts investment opportunities Economists say tax breaks encourage investment in projects that might otherwise be uneconomic. Kerry Hall | June 7, 2013 | 12:04 am
Force majeure at large Chinese copper producer, supply cut by half China’s third largest copper producer announcement comes only a few weeks after outages at two large copper mines in Indonesia and the US. Cecilia Jamasmie | June 6, 2013 | 11:20 pm
