Barrick quarterly output gets boost from Dominican Republic mine

Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (ASM) has become a major of revenue for millions of people in about 80 countries worldwide, with more than 100 million people currently depending on the activity for their livelihoods. But at what costs?

New gemstones mining and marketing company is stepping up efforts to kick off operations at some of its key assets and help organize what it calls "a highly disorganized and fragmented industry."

The firm, North America's No.1 producer of coking coal, said the boost in profit was mainly thanks to the reversal of an impairment charge related to an improvement in the outlook for steelmaking commodity.

President’s move to allow open pit mining in provinces until now opposed to it is part of a broader plan to double foreign investment to $25 billion in eight years.

The attack occurred late on Monday in northern La Guajira province where the open-pit coal mine is located.

Charge is due to due to cuts in the US Federal corporate income tax rate, the world’s biggest mining company said.

Andes Iron appealed an August 2017 decision that forbade its copper and iron ore project from going forward.

Without changing the way it operates, the Canadian miner now wants to set foot in the world’s second lithium producing country.

Eighteen people have been killed in Venezuela at an illegal gold mine following clashes with security forces.