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Chile’s Escondida miners to vote on contract offer next week

The company's unionized workers will start to vote on a new contract proposal on Jan. 24,

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 16, 2013 | 3:03 pm

Peru ready to roll with ‘prior consultation’ mining law

Peru's indigenous communities will now have their say in each and every mining project potentially affecting them.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 16, 2013 | 1:55 am

Vale’s Roger Agnelli reaches number four on Harvard’s best-performing CEO list

A 934% shareholder return during his 10-year tenure and a 157% market capitalization gain

Michael Allan McCrae | January 15, 2013 | 6:15 pm

Copper prices to soar in 2013: Chile’s national mining society

The world’s number 1 copper producer Chile said copper prices will fall in the $3.60-$3.80 a pound range this year, beating the 2012 average of $3.61 per pound.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 15, 2013 | 4:20 pm

Barrick and Goldcorp Pueblo Viejo mine achieves commercial production

After only five months of kicking-off operations at the Dominican Republic’s Pueblo Viejo gold deposit, one of the largest in the world, Barrick and Goldcorp said the mine has achieved commercial production.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 15, 2013 | 11:28 am

Vale’s CEO bullish about iron ore in 2013

Murilo Ferreira, CEO of Brazil’s mining giant VALE (NYSE: VALE) said he expect less volatility in terms of iron prices for 2013

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 14, 2013 | 7:44 pm

Fresh protests against Eldorado Gold’s Hellas mine in Greece

Citizens’ groups, backed by the radical leftist party Syriza that is now the second largest group in parliament, have been trying to wreck the project since 2011, when Eldorado was granted its exploration licence.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 14, 2013 | 7:00 pm