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Australia’s Clive Palmer wins court case against China’s CITIC

Palmer's Mineralogy claimed it is owed money by CITIC's Sino Iron mine in Western Australia over a failure to agree to a formula for calculating the value of the ore extracted at the site following a shift in pricing in the iron ore market.

Reuters | November 24, 2017 | 2:29 am

Marmota to process ore at its neighbour’s mine

The South Australian company is exploring different avenues to be able to bring its Aurora Tank project into production.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | November 23, 2017 | 5:40 pm

Australia’s energy guarantee could ‘decimate’ wind, solar: BNEF

National Energy Guarantee program could slash investment in wind and solar projects if Australian government fails to boost 2030 emissions-reduction target.

Bloomberg News | November 23, 2017 | 12:58 pm

Legal kerfuffle in Spain around uranium mine environmental assessment

Spain's National Audience dismissed a series of allegations presented by Berkeley Energia against a legal action filed by a group of environmentalists who oppose the company's uranium project.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | November 23, 2017 | 6:08 am

Chile’s Escondida workers on strike to protest layoffs

Union claims BHP has laid off about 3% of the mine's workforce without a "legitimate reason."

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 23, 2017 | 5:52 am

Escondida to lay off 3% of its workforce

Officials for the world’s largest copper mine say they are “adjusting production processes.”

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | November 22, 2017 | 6:19 pm

Copper Mountain bids $70M for Altona Mining

The Vancouver-based miner wants to form a major new copper producer.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | November 21, 2017 | 6:30 am

Canada’s Wealth Minerals, Chinese firm to bid for world’s largest lithium miner

The two firms are just the latest names in a long list of companies that includes major players such as Rio Tinto, interested in grabbing a stake in Chile’s Chemical and Mining Society (SQM).

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 21, 2017 | 3:21 am

Rio Tinto’s M&A madness

Some companies are good at takeovers. Rio Tinto Group isn't one of them.

Bloomberg Opinion | November 20, 2017 | 11:52 am

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