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INTERACTIVE INFOGRAPHIC: Potash

The market for the soil nutrient is dominated by a handful of countries and a few giant companies. And it's made some people fabulously wealthy.

Frik Els | November 8, 2012 | 12:49 am

Baja Mining granted further standstill extension by lenders

Vancouver-based Baja Mining Corp. (TSX: BAJ) announced this morning that it has landed two extensions of a standstill agreement with lenders to its Minera y Metalúrgica del Boleo S.A. de C.V. subsidiary.

Business in Vancouver | November 7, 2012 | 7:55 pm

Output up 72.4% at Chile’s Escondida copper mine

Production at Chile's Escondida, the world's largest copper mine, was up 72.4% in the third quarter compared with the same period of 2011, said Wednesday the country’s copper commission, Cochilco.

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 7, 2012 | 6:58 pm

New support for Glencore-Xstrata deal

Institutional advisor ISS now says tie-up is a good thing for Xstrata, but they still don't like the $200 million retention package.

Frik Els | November 5, 2012 | 10:15 pm

Colombia to punish illegal mining

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos presented Friday a package of measures, including a proposed bill before congress, aimed to making illegal mining a crime punished by the country’s Penal Code.

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 2, 2012 | 4:49 pm

Inmet Mining’s profit jumps 19%, beats expectations

Canada's Inmet Mining Corp (TSX:IMN) posted a 19% rise in third-quarter profit, as copper production and prices improved.

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 2, 2012 | 2:53 pm

Why are Petaquilla Minerals and Inmet Mining fighting in Panama?

Canadian miners Petaquilla Minerals Ltd. (TSX:PTQ) and Inmet Mining Corp. (TSX:IMN) have been on the news in recent weeks as the companies locked horns over land rights near the Cobre Panama copper project, run by Inmet’s subsidiary Minera Panama.

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 2, 2012 | 2:32 pm

TransCanada to build $1 billion pipeline in Mexico while being audited by Canadian regulators

TransCanada Corp. (TSX,NYSE:TRP) will invest about $1 billion in a new natural gas pipeline in Mexico after being granted a permit to contract to build, own and operate the duct by the country's federal power company, the Comision Federal de Electricidad or CFE.

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 1, 2012 | 3:54 pm

Pascua-Lama costs and challenges take shine off Barrick Gold earnings

Cost burdens continue to upset Barrick Gold Corp. (NYSE, TSX: ABX), as the globe's top gold miner hiked Thursday its cash cost guidance for 2012 and warned that costs at its massive Pascua-Lama project will be almost three times more than the $3 billion announced in 2009.

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 1, 2012 | 1:29 pm

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