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Baja Mining lays off 40% of staff and seeks funding for Boleo

Troubled Vancouver miner, Baja Mining (TSE:BAJ), said that it laid off 40% of its staff to conserve cash and admitted that there is "no assurance" that it will find funding to complete its Boleo project, a $1.143 billion copper-cobalt-zinc project in Mexico.

Michael Allan McCrae | May 30, 2012 | 10:07 pm

Chile’s Codelco incoming boss in England to restart talks with Anglo

Chile’s Codelco new CEO, Thomas Keller, has traveled to London this week to hold talks with global miner Anglo American (LON:ALL), hoping to resolve a multi-billion dollar contract dispute between the parties.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 30, 2012 | 6:34 pm

Mexico’s ICA acquires 51% of Peruvian construction services for the mining industry

Mexican construction company ICA said on Wednesday it would buy a 51% stake in in San Martín Contratistas Generales S.A., Peru's leading company dedicated principally to construction in the mining sector.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | May 30, 2012 | 3:39 pm

Brazil prosecutor requests suspension of Vale’s Onça Puma nickel operations

Brazil's federal public ministry in Para state has filed legal action demanding that operations be halted at Onça Puma, a nickel mine in the northern Brazilian state owned and operated by Vale SA (NYSE:VALE).

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 30, 2012 | 2:11 pm

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

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