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Bloomberg: Gold boom spreading mercury as 15 million miners exposed

Bloomberg has a devastating in-depth report on the impact of gold mining in a small town in Colombia called Segovia where "almost 100 shops refine the gold that prospectors bring down from the foothills of the Andes Mountains"

MINING.com Editor | May 27, 2012 | 12:35 am

UK greens warn of a return to era of ‘dirty coal’

Coal-fired power stations trialling 'carbon capture' technology could be exempt from regulations.

The Independent | May 26, 2012 | 11:36 pm

EU sideswipes oilsands with new fuel directive

A new fuel-quality directive, passed yesterday by the European Union, will create a separate label for Canadian oil produced from oilsands.

Andrew Topf | May 25, 2012 | 9:49 pm

Aussie travel company and main airlines cash in on mining boom

Hoping to cash on the booming mining industry in Australia and the need for foreign workers, Corporate Travel Management (CTM) has announced a step into Australia’s growing mining industry with its new brand offering, Resource Travel Management (RTM).

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 25, 2012 | 7:31 pm

It was only a matter of time. Creditors’ lawyers descend on Baja Mining

Friday's complication is just the latest setback for Vancouver-based Baja which has now lost almost 70% of its value this year.

Frik Els | May 25, 2012 | 6:53 pm

Lazare Kaplan lauches social initiative to encourage education in Africa

US-based diamond manufacturing and distribution company Lazare Kaplan International Inc. (LKI) has launched a new social initiative, The Lazare Ongoma Initiative (LOI), which aims involve retailers in supporting education in African countries, such as Namibia.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | May 25, 2012 | 5:39 pm