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Everyone wants a piece of Northland

The company, advancing iron ore projects in Sweden and Finland, decided to increase the size of the equity offering announced earlier in February due to "high demand" . Together with a fully subscribed bond offering the company is now raising close to $700 million.

Frik Els | February 15, 2012 | 9:16 pm

Report says Mugabe’s police running diamond mines

A report published this week by Global Witness, an international human rights group, says that companies mining the controversial Marange diamond fields in Zimbabwe have senior personnel drawn from security forces loyal to President Robert Mugabe.

Andrew Topf | February 15, 2012 | 9:00 pm

Abcourt Mines soars 23% on high silver grades

Canadian junior explorer Abcourt Mines (TSX-V:ABI) has intercepted a high-grade silver zone at its Abcourt-Barvue orebody in Quebec.

Andrew Topf | February 15, 2012 | 8:16 pm

Colombia to attract $2.1 billion in gold-related investments by 2015

Gold mining in Colombia is shining bright as major gold players are expected to invest U.S. $ 2,100 million by 2015, reports local newspaper La Republica.

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 15, 2012 | 5:39 pm

International unionists to march in support of Rio Tinto locked-out Canadian workers

Unionists from around the world will gather in the Canadian city of Alma, Quebec, from March 30 to April 1, to express their support for locked-out Rio Tinto Alcan workers who are fighting to preserve decent jobs, said international unions representatives on Wednesday.

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 15, 2012 | 4:00 pm

Peru’s Conga Mine future in hands of foreign consultants

Peru’s long-running Conga mine dispute moved slightly forward on Tuesday after the government appointed foreign engineers to oversee an independent review of Newmont Mining Corp.'s stalled $4.8 billion gold project, reports La Republica.

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 15, 2012 | 3:17 pm

Rio Tinto and BHP to finance huge expansion at Escondida in Chile

A week after announcing substantial profits and the expansion of their vast Western Australia iron ore operations, BHP Billiton (NYSE: BHP) and Rio Tinto (NYSE:RIO) said yesterday that they would spend $US 4.5 billion on the Escondida copper mine in Chile.

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 15, 2012 | 2:17 pm

Thousands of coalminers on strike at BHP’s Queensland operations

Sydney Morning Herald reports that between 3500 and 4000 miners have walked off the job at BHP Billiton's coal operations in Queensland.

Andrew Topf | February 15, 2012 | 7:51 am

Keystone XL is the comeback kid

Republicans in the US Congress are once again attempting to force through the approval of the Keystone XL project, while the pipeline's backers TransCanada says it could receive approval early in 2013.

Frik Els | February 15, 2012 | 12:43 am

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