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Vale closing eight mines while it investigates another fatality

After a recent mining fataility at Vale's Coleman Mine in Sudbury, the Brazillian miner is temporarily shutting down all eight mines in the region while it assesses safety procedures.

Michael Allan McCrae | January 31, 2012 | 8:24 am

Oilsands workers are a ‘high risk’ group for sexually transmitted infections

While Alberta is showing progress in slowing sexually transmitted infections, oilsands workers and First Nation communities are considered high risk groups.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | January 31, 2012 | 7:15 am

Rockhaven Resources Ltd. Announces Significant Expansion of the Klaza Zone Gold-Silver Discovery

Rockhaven Resources Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:RK) ("Rockhaven") is pleased to announce the final 2011 diamond drill results from the Klaza zone gold-silver discovery at its wholly-owned, road accessible Klaza property located in the Dawson Gold Belt of southern Yukon.

Marketwire - Mining and Metals | January 30, 2012 | 2:30 pm

Gem huckster arrested on fraud charges

The first rule of a fraud scam is if it looks too good to be true, it probably is. Just ask the victims of Bernie Madoff's spectacular Ponzi scheme.

Andrew Topf | January 29, 2012 | 11:31 pm

BC coal mine expansion approved

The BC government has allowed an expansion to the Quinsam Coal Mine on Vancouver Island.

Andrew Topf | January 29, 2012 | 10:23 pm

Natives cynical as Prosperity Mine environmental review begins

The native group opposing the Prosperity Mine in northern British Columbia has little faith in the just-launched federal environmental review of the project, CTV News reports.

Andrew Topf | January 29, 2012 | 9:22 pm

Q4 sales volumes at PotashCorp drop by one-third

PotashCorp (NYSE:POT), the world's largest producer of potash, announced higher Q4 earnings on Wednesday but also a sharp decline in demand.

Michael Allan McCrae | January 27, 2012 | 4:08 pm

Government plays down oil sands document

The federal government disassociated itself on Thursday from an embarrassing official policy paper that said the country’s independent energy regulator, now studying a controversial oil pipeline, is in fact a government ally.

Globe and Mail | January 26, 2012 | 8:18 pm

Premier Clark announces speedier processing for notice of work applications

Mining notices of work applications, one of the pieces of paper a miner must have before a project can proceed, have been reduced from 229 to 85, said BC Premier Christy Clark at Round Up 2012 on Wednesday.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | January 26, 2012 | 3:26 pm

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