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Canada’s Kinross Gold sells stake in Brazilian mine to AngloGold for $220 million

Canada’s third main gold miner Kinross Gold (TSX:K) is selling its stake in the Crixas gold mine in Brazil, to South Africa’s AngloGold Ashanti for $220-million.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 29, 2012 | 5:30 pm

IMAGE GALLERY: Barrick’s 3,800 metre high Pascua-Lama project

Barrick Gold posted a cool image gallery of its Pascua-Lama project.

Michael Allan McCrae | May 29, 2012 | 5:06 pm

Tiny El Salvador needs mining but worries about water contamination

The government of El Salvador is warning that the future large-scale development of the Cerro Blanco mine in southern Guatemala will greatly endanger the quality of water found in the Lempa River, which supplies water not only to Guatemala but also to Honduras and El Salvador.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | May 29, 2012 | 4:38 pm

Codelco, the world’s major copper producer, selects AVEVA NET

Chile’s state-run Corporación Nacional del Cobre (CODELCO) has selected AVEVA NET as its information management solution for the execution of important capital projects in the country.

AVEVA | May 29, 2012 | 1:29 pm

State of emergency in Peru after two anti-Xstrata protestors died in clashes with police

Peru's government declared a 30-day state of emergency on Monday night after two people were killed and dozens of police officers injured in violent anti-mining protests against Swiss based-Xstrata near Cuzco, in south eastern Peru.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 29, 2012 | 11:22 am

Argentina targets mining firms in import crackdown

Argentina's government tightened controls on imports of equipment and supplies by mining companies on Monday in a new measure to boost the trade surplus and foreign currency stocks.

Reuters | May 28, 2012 | 7:52 pm

OZ Minerals inks $90 million deal for copper-moly mine in Chile

Australian copper producer OZ Minerals has struck a deal with Canada's International PBX Ventures for a 90% interest in the Copaquire copper-molybdenum property in Chile.

Andrew Topf | May 28, 2012 | 5:33 pm

Brazil’s Vale to sell all of its Colombian coal assets for over $400 million

Mining giant Vale said on Monday it will sell its coal assets in Colombia to CPC, a unit of Colombian Natural Resources, for $407 million.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 28, 2012 | 3:52 pm

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

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