Cecilia Jamasmie, Author at MINING.COM

Australian coal miner targeted for high metal levels in water streams

Higher than usual mercury levels discovered in water sources in Western Australia by Griffin Coal are prompting calls for an immediate Government investigation.

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 27, 2012 | 4:51 pm

Brazil halts ruling on use of mercury in gold mining

Brazil’s new regulations on gold mining in the Amazonas State that limit, but don’t outlaw the use of mercury, has scientists and activists up in arms.

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 27, 2012 | 3:54 pm

CHARTS: Dollar destruction of commodity prices could be ending

To return, or not to return to the Gold Standard: that is the US question

After a 32-year hiatus, the U.S. Republicans are calling for a commission to look at the possible return of the gold standard, but experts say the idea is as simple as it is wrong.

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 27, 2012 | 2:45 pm

India takes its coal mines back

India’s Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Monday the government has already initiated the process of cancelling mines to companies that failed to develop them.

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 27, 2012 | 1:49 pm

BHP sells Australia’s mammoth uranium deposit

BHP Billiton (LON/ASX/NYSE:BHP) took Monday another step away from resource expansion in Australia, particularly in the uranium sector. The world's number one miner announced it's selling one of the country's largest undeveloped deposits of the yellow element to Canadian Cameco (TSX:CCO) (NYSE:CCJ) for $430 million.

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 27, 2012 | 12:54 pm

Rinehart's children launch Roy Hill ownership suit

Rinehart’s $6.4 billion coal mine project gets the green light

Environmentalists such as Greenpeace have condemned the mine's approval as claiming, it will mean an unacceptable rise in vessels passing the Great Barrier Reef, impacting air quality and native flora and fauna.

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 24, 2012 | 4:37 pm

India’s Supreme Court raps Karnataka for illegal iron ore export‎

“Shocked” over the magnitude of alleged illegal iron ore exports by private companies in southern India, the country’s Supreme Court said it wants to explore the possibility of punishing the guilty parties within six months.

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 24, 2012 | 3:17 pm

Iron ore drops into the double digits, lowest in three years

Spot market iron-ore prices dropped again overnight despite news that steel production in China, the biggest iron-ore-consuming nation, continued to rise in early August.

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 24, 2012 | 2:45 pm

BHP chews over ways to expand iron ore production in Australia

The world's number one miner, BHP Billiton, wants to leave the news of its first decrease in annual profit in three years behind by focusing on finding the most lucrative way to increase iron ore production in Western Australia.

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 24, 2012 | 1:40 pm