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Mexican police seize 119,000 tonnes of iron ore mined by drug lords

In massive raid at one of the country’s main ports.

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 4, 2014 | 6:10 pm

Glencore Xstrata logs $7.4bn net loss, eyes oil deal with Russia

Despite the gloomy results, the commodities giant revenues for the year jumped 9% to $232.6 billion

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 4, 2014 | 1:50 pm

Chilean court revokes Barrick’s Pascua-Lama $16-million fine, but orders new ones

Far from being good news, the resolution orders Chile's environmental watchdog to charge Barrick for each and every of the 22 violations found in the project, instead of grouping them into five categories as it did the first time.

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 4, 2014 | 12:45 am

Survey: Sweden, Western Australia among top-ranking mining jurisdictions

Canada's overall PPI score decreased slightly last year.

Ana Komnenic | March 3, 2014 | 2:13 pm

Alberta most attractive mining destination in Canada, third worldwide

Other two Canadian jurisdictions —New Brunswick and Newfoundland and Labrador— also made it to the top 10 worldwide. Kyrgyzstan and Venezuela, named the two countries mining enthusiasts should stay away from.

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 3, 2014 | 12:29 pm

The five greatest gold robberies

Gold has captured the imaginations of crime writers and film makers for years, but sometimes there are gold heists that you just can’t make up.

Jan Skoyles - The Real Asset | March 2, 2014 | 5:32 pm

Cornerstone shares catapulted after sensational Ecuador drill

Newfoundland & Labrador-based junior strikes 324m grading 1.07% copper and 1.16 g/t gold, including 50m at 1.80% copper and 2.26 g/t gold at Cascabel project .

Frik Els | February 27, 2014 | 9:14 pm