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©Reuters/Mick Tsikas Mining giant BHP mulling demerger Global mining giant BHP Billiton is considering spinning-off its aluminium, bauxite and nickel assets into a single entity that would be worth about Aus$20 billion ($18.5 billion), reports said Wednesday.
02 April 2014
©Reuters/David Mercado One dead and 40 injured in Bolivia mining clashes One person died and 40 were injured Monday in Bolivia in clashes between miners and police, officials said.
01 April 2014
©Reuters/Bernardo Montoya Five Mexican miners die as elevator plummets Five miners died when an elevator they were riding in plunged down a shaft at a zinc and silver mine in northern Mexico.
15 February 2014
©RIA Novosti Mining companies applaud tenge devaluation in Kazakhstan The Association of Mining and Metallurgical Enterprises is supportive of the tenge devaluation.
14 February 2014
©Reuters/Michael Buholzer Glencore Xstrata 'to pull out' of Philippine mining project Swiss mining giant Glencore Xstrata is expected to pull out of a $5.9 billion gold-copper mining project in the Philippines, its Australian partner Indophil said.
01 February 2014
Photo a courtesy of whitebirdsproductions.com Kazakhstan to develop science: Nazarbayev Nazarbayev instructed the state officials to increase financing of scientific research in Kazakhstan.
20 January 2014
© Marat Abilov Development of coal bed methane in Karaganda - way to supply gas to Kazakhstan's center Officials gathered in Astana to discuss production of methane from Karaganda coal basin.
06 January 2014
Antonio Banderas. ©Reuters/Carlo Allegri Chilean miracle miners back in spotlight -- on film At the bottom of a dank salt mine in Colombia, a 200-strong film crew featuring Spanish actor Antonio Banderas is reconstructing the incredible tale of 33 miners buried alive for 69 days in Chile in 2010.
26 December 2013
Mining threatens unique culture of Sweden's Samis As winter approaches, the Samis of northern Sweden move thousands of reindeer down from the snow-covered mountains for lowland grazing. They have done so for centuries, but they wonder how much longer they can continue.
25 December 2013
Vasili Anisimov. Photo a courtesy of  championat.com Almaty native among richest men of Switzerland Vasili Anisimov, 62, an Almaty-born Russian billionaire, made it into the 300 Plus Richies list according to Swiss economy magazine Bilan.
03 December 2013
Rio Tinto Chief Executive Sam Walsh. ©Reuters/David Gray Rio Tinto to suspend alumina production at Gove Mining giant Rio Tinto said Friday it will suspend alumina production at its Gove refinery in northern Australia because it is no longer a viable business.
29 November 2013
Photo a courtesy of altushkin.su RMK to invest $600 million in Kazakhstan Russkaya Mednaya Kompaniya (RMK) plans to invest 600 million dollars in the execution of projects in Kazakhstan.
11 November 2013
©Reuters/Stephen Frink Australia probes Great Barrier Reef board over 'mining links' Australia launched a probe Wednesday into the agency responsible for protecting the Great Barrier Reef after some board members were urged to resign over alleged conflicts of interest related to the mining industry.
31 October 2013
Indonesian miners risk lives in modern-day gold rush In a desolate area of central Indonesia where lush rainforest once stood, illegal miners on the frontline of a modern-day gold rush tear up the earth in the hunt for the precious metal.
20 October 2013
John Forster. Photo courtesy of globalnews.ca Spying not illegal, says Canada eavesdropping chief Canada's electronic eavesdropping agency chief spoke for the first time Wednesday since allegations of spying on Brazil's mining and energy ministry, saying its work is legal and doesn't target Canadians.
11 October 2013
©REUTERS 17 million tons of coal mined in Karaganda oblast Over 17 million tons of coal was mined in Karaganda oblast in the first 7 months of 2013.
26 August 2013
Rio to lay off 1,700 at Mongolia project Mining giant Rio Tinto on Thursday said it will lay off up to 1,700 staff at its huge Oyu Tolgoi copper mine in Mongolia after a more than US$5 billion expansion was halted.
15 August 2013
Kenya revokes new mining licences, hikes royalties Kenya on Monday revoked all mining licences granted in the months before and after March elections and announced that it was hiking royalties paid by companies operating in its nascent mining sector.
06 August 2013
©REUTERS/David Gray Australian mine firm guilty of Aboriginal site desecration An Australian mining firm was convicted Friday of desecrating a sacred outback Aboriginal site in a landmark ruling protecting the beliefs of the beleaguered minority in the country.
02 August 2013
Tycoon says Australia treating mining firms as ATMs Australia's richest person Gina Rinehart on Friday accused the government of using the mining industry as an ATM, warning of an unhealthy reliance on the sector and unsustainable debt levels.
17 May 2013
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