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Beny Steinmetz associate jailed over Guinea’s Simandou case

Frederic Cilins, a French businessman who worked as an intermediary for BSGR in Guinea, became the first person to receive a criminal sentence in a corruption investigation.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 28, 2014 | 11:14 am

Mass grave with hundreds of skeletons found in Bolivian mining town

Hundreds of thousands have died over the years at the city's main silver mine, as a direct result of cave-ins, overwork, hunger and disease.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 27, 2014 | 5:42 pm

Codelco delays $6.8 billion mine expansion, reviews impacts on glaciers

The company says its future depends on the Andina mine expansion, as dwindling ore grades in its old mines are expected to bring annual output down.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 25, 2014 | 3:25 pm

Miners need to overhaul business model to boost productivity: study

Cost reduction measures in the mining industry could well have undermined the sector's productivity, which remains down, according to a new EY report.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 25, 2014 | 11:02 am

Chile’s Escondida mine boosts BHP copper output

Improvements at the mine mill throughput and concentrator utilization offset declining ore grades at the world's largest copper mine.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 24, 2014 | 5:56 pm

Caterpillar profit beats estimates but sales fall

Construction, not mining lifts the machinery giant's second-quarter results.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 24, 2014 | 11:45 am

China’s MMG board grants undivided approval for $5.85bn Las Bambas buy

Las Bambas will be one of the world’s largest copper mines after it starts up in 2015, with annual output equivalent to more than twice the amount of copper MMG currently produces.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 21, 2014 | 10:00 am