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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

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

BHP sells US copper assets for $650 million Global mining titan BHP Billiton on Monday announced the sale of its Pinto Valley mining operation and rail assets in the United States to Capstone Mining Corp for US$650 million.

29 April 2013

Kazakhstan copper tycoon to leave his post in Kazakhmys in May Chairman of Kazakhmys Vladimir Kim will leave his post after the general meeting to be held in May 2013.

01 March 2013

Australia rejects heritage listing for Tasmanian rainforest Australia Friday rejected a bid for blanket heritage listing of Tasmania's Tarkine rainforest, angering environmentalists who said it would allow mining and could threaten the Tasmanian devil.

08 February 2013

British Rio Tinto to search for deposits in Kazakhstan Kazakhstan’s KazGeology and British Rio Tinto agreed on implementation of joint projects in Kazakhstan.

04 February 2013

Silicosis suit could crush S.Africa's gold mining sector Thousands of ex-gold miners suffering from silicosis have launched a class action suit in South Africa, in what could prove the final nail in the coffin of the country's battered but vital mining sector.

28 January 2013

Zinc hungry China asks Canada to back giant mine With zinc sources drying up and demand forecast to surge, resource hungry China is looking to Canada to approve two giant mines and close the gap -- but environmentalists and roving caribou stand in the way.

07 January 2013

Myanmar makes new mine protest arrests Myanmar authorities on Friday said they had made a fresh round of arrests over a spate of protests demanding apologies for a police crackdown on a rally at a Chinese-backed copper mine last month.

15 December 2012

Sierra Leoneans vote in high-stakes elections Sierra Leoneans voted Saturday in general elections as the west African country continues to recover from a brutal civil war while beginning to reap the benefits of a mining boom.

18 November 2012

BHP sells diamond assets for $500 million The world's largest miner BHP Billiton on Wednesday said it was exiting the diamond industry, selling its Canadian assets to retailer Harry Winston Diamond Corp. for US$500 million.

15 November 2012

Kazakhstan tycoon family is buying Hambledon Mining Assaubayevs family company African Resources intends to buy 60 percent of Hambledon Mining.

07 November 2012

Rothschild mulls counter-bid in Bumi battle: report British financier Nathaniel Rothschild is mulling a bid for Bumi Plc coal assets to counter an offer by Indonesia's powerful Bakrie family, and has approached one of their rivals.

04 November 2012

Australia defends mining tax after 'zero earnings' Australian Treasurer Wayne Swan defended the government's mining profits tax Thursday after reports that no revenue had collected in the first quarter due to China-driven cooling in the sector.

25 October 2012

Gold mine evicts workers as S.African strikes spread A leading gold mine in South Africa started evicting thousands of its striking workers from company dormitories on Tuesday as work stoppages spread to more gold and platinum mines.

04 October 2012

S&P warns of little iron ore respite for miners Global credit agency Standard & Poor's said Tuesday that it saw little improvement in iron ore prices in the near-term and warned that smaller single-commodity miners could see their ratings slip.

03 October 2012

Xstrata, Glencore announce new deal for massive tie-up Swiss mining group Xstrata and commodities giant Glencore said on Monday they had agreed on new terms for their tie-up to create a massive company worth about 70 billion euros ($90 billion).

02 October 2012

BHP requests four more years for major mine plan Mining giant BHP Billiton on Thursday asked South Australia state for a 46-month extension to the approval of its Olympic Dam project expansion, which was shelved last month on cost concerns.

27 September 2012

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