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Miners among most productive, happiest workers in the world: study

Reveals cross-industry survey, which analyzed responses from over 30,000 professionals.

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 20, 2014 | 2:44 pm

African Barrick seeks new name after partially splitting from Canadian parent

Last week Barrick Gold sold 41 million African Barrick shares to institutional investors.

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 19, 2014 | 2:52 pm

Nigerian gold mining: farmers choose death by lead poisoning over poverty

Unregulated mining in rural northern Nigeria is causing blindness and paralysis among children and making adults infertile.

The Guardian | March 17, 2014 | 6:30 pm

Rio Tinto to pay an extra $75 million in taxes on new rulings

The miner is warning the multitude of new legislation could send compliance costs soaring by tens of millions of dollars for global companies.

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 16, 2014 | 3:15 pm

Rio Tinto’s Sam Walsh scores $9m after pay increase in first year

The figure includes salary, a cash bonus, shares and other benefits for the man who was able to take Rio Tinto from a US$3 billion loss to a US$3.7 billion profit in a year.

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 14, 2014 | 2:46 pm

Iron ore price stages huge comeback

Price of the steelmaking raw material up 6.5% since Monday.

Frik Els | March 13, 2014 | 8:21 pm

Global undiscovered copper resources estimated at 3.5 billion metric tons

The first-ever, geologically-based global assessment of undiscovered copper resources estimates that 3.5 billion metric tons of copper may exist worldwide.

US Geological Survey | March 13, 2014 | 10:33 am