Cecilia Jamasmie , Senior Editor

Feminist group crashes mining meeting in Australia

A group of bearded women belonging to the feminist group La Barbe, crashed last night's Melbourne Mining Club meeting to congratulate the mining industry for its exclusion of women and its lobbying against the carbon tax.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 16, 2012 | 4:08 pm

Zimbabwe Government: No going back on mining fees

The government of Zimbabwe said the new mining licence fees gazetted in January will not be reversed despite calls by the mining industry for the levies to be reduced.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 15, 2012 | 6:13 pm

Renowned diamonds add sparkle to Queen’s jubilee celebrations

Photographers were allowed to look today at some of the most famous diamonds in the world to go on public display at the end of June, as part of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee celebrations.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 15, 2012 | 5:48 pm

BHP Billiton puts its money on the iron ore market and China

BHP Billiton Ltd. (NYSE:BHP) is betting on the iron ore market as one of the forces to drive the mining industry in the next decade, especially as developing nations such as China move from investment-led economic growth to consumption-led economic growth.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 15, 2012 | 4:00 pm

Sinopec to tap into shale gas market and rescue China from growing gas shortfall

Sinopec Group, China’s second biggest oil and gas producer, announced it has launched its first shale gas project, expecting to produce 300 to 500 million cubic metres a year by the end of 2012, said the conglomerate on Tuesday.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 15, 2012 | 2:59 pm

Fifth largest coal deposit in the world found in Colombia

Brazilian tycoon Eike Batista just got richer. CCX, a division of the billionaire’s EBX Group energy arm MPX, announced it has completed a study of coal reserves in the San Juan underground mines in Colombia, discovering a 672 million tons reserve, the fifth largest coal deposit in the world.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 15, 2012 | 1:07 pm

Coal industry jeopardizing humpback whales in Australia

Humpback whales may be the main victims of Australia's thriving coal industry, according to a study published on the May issue of the Marine Ecology Progress Series journal.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 14, 2012 | 4:26 pm

Canadian Cameco to buy German nuclear fuel company Nukem for $136 million

Canadian company Cameco, the world's largest uranium miner, has signed a deal to buy Nukem Energy, a German company that trades nuclear fuel products and services, for $136 million in cash plus debt.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 14, 2012 | 3:28 pm

Anglo Asian gets the green light to build second gold mine in Azerbaijan

Anglo Asian (LON:AAZ) shares were up 3% to 35 pence this morning on news that the government of Azerbaijan has approved the development of the group's second gold mine in the country, Gosha.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 14, 2012 | 3:12 pm

When $6 billion is not enough: Australian mining billionaire to sue newspaper for $50 million

Australian mining billionaire Clive Palmer is threating to sue the Sydney Morning Herald, one of the most respected daily newspapers in Down Under, for $50 million over "totally false and improper claims" about his China First coal mine.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 14, 2012 | 1:00 pm

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