Gold exploration budget hit all-time high in 2012, but future doesn’t look rosy Only half the total resources discovered since 1990 has been converted into reserves or put into production to date. Cecilia Jamasmie | September 17, 2013 | 11:06 am
Russian Alrosa’s net profit almost doubled in Q2 It reached almost 9 billion roubles ($257 million), up from 3.5 billion for the same period last year. Cecilia Jamasmie | September 16, 2013 | 5:59 pm
Chileans sue Swedish mining firm for $13.9 million A group of 707 Chileans is seeking compensation for health problems allegedly caused by Boliden's toxic waste dumped near their homes in the eighties. Cecilia Jamasmie | September 16, 2013 | 5:21 pm
Former Rio Tinto CEO Tom Albanese joins rival Vedanta The news comes only nine months after Albanese was removed as CEO of the second-biggest miner and left the group with a $14billion charge. Cecilia Jamasmie | September 16, 2013 | 4:29 pm
Anglo American abandons Alaskan copper project Pebble Partner in the open-pit gold and copper project, Northern Dynasty Minerals, was quick to clarify it will still go ahead with it. Cecilia Jamasmie | September 16, 2013 | 11:22 am
Japan redoubles efforts to control leaks at Fukushima The situation at Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant is far from being “under control,” said a senior official from plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. Cecilia Jamasmie | September 16, 2013 | 8:15 am
Devastating cost of illegal mining in Peru higher than ever thought: government About 40,000 hectares of Amazonic forest, not 18,000 as the government thought, has been destroyed by illegal mining in Peru. Cecilia Jamasmie | September 16, 2013 | 8:00 am
Glencore Xstrata to pursue $3bn iron ore project in Congo The world-class deposit has proven reserves of 2.5 billion tonnes at 34% iron. Cecilia Jamasmie | September 13, 2013 | 6:13 pm
Obama’s ‘all-out-war’ on coal hits China China yesterday and the US next week, both banning construction of new coal-fired power plants. Cecilia Jamasmie | September 13, 2013 | 4:46 pm
Good-bye Bernanke, hello Summers? President Obama has reportedly made his choice for the next Federal Reserve's chairman. Cecilia Jamasmie | September 13, 2013 | 2:26 pm
