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STRIKE ACTION
Friday
,
19 Mar 2010
Union workers at the Peruvian precious metals miner said they would go on strike again next Friday after demands for a greater share of profits were not met.
EXPLOSIVES RESTRICTIONS LIFTED
Thursday
,
18 Mar 2010
Operations at the mine were suspended in November last year after Mexico's environment ministry, revoked the mine's 2006 environmental permit.
ALLEGED LABOR, HUMAN RIGHTS, ENVIRONMENTAL VIOLATIONS
Wednesday
,
17 Mar 2010
Fed-up Mexican mining unions are aiming to hit Grupo Mexico where it hurts the most, convincing institutional investors to divest Grupo shares.
LA OROYA
Tuesday
,
16 Mar 2010
The smelter has been inactive for nine months because the company got into financial difficulties
ANALYSIS
Tuesday
,
16 Mar 2010
An already over-taxed power supply, exacerbated by a fragile power system damaged by a powerful earthquake and aftershocks, could eventually prove problematic for the Chilean mining sector.
CHILEAN POWER OUTAGE
Monday
,
15 Mar 2010
Two weeks after an 8.8 -magnitude earthquake most of the country was left without power when a transformer failed in the central electricity grid
U.S. LARGEST EXPORT MARKET
Monday
,
15 Mar 2010
Metals exports helped Peruvian exports post a strong rebound to $2.4 billion in January.
EXTORRE ON THE BOARDS
Saturday
,
13 Mar 2010
Canadian gold junior Exeter Resource Corp. has had its proposal to split into two separate companies approved to handle two very different types of gold deposit.
AFTERSHOCKS
Friday
,
12 Mar 2010
Seven tremors, one 6.9 in magnitude, rocked the quake-ravished country but both Codelco and Anglo American say their mines were unharmed
METALS NEEDED FOR RECONSTRUCTION
Thursday
,
11 Mar 2010
As Sebastian Pinera assumes Chile's presidency today, an economically powerful and healthy domestic mining sector could prove a powerful tool in the rebuilding of the earthquake damaged nation.
CHILE DISASTER
Monday
,
08 Mar 2010
The diversified miner said in a statement out Monday it had restarted operations at Ls Bronces and El Soldado
CHILE EARTHQUAKE
Wednesday
,
03 Mar 2010
Mines seem to have emerged largely unscathed by the 8.8-magnitude earthquake in the copper-producing nation and are back at work after stable power was supplied.
MINOR IMPACT ON FUTURE COPPER PRICES
Tuesday
,
02 Mar 2010
Chile's mining sector largely escaped damage in the massive earthquake which has killed 723 people and left two million homeless.
CHILEAN QUAKE
Monday
,
01 Mar 2010
The market impact on supply appears to have been limited
CHILE DISASTER
Monday
,
01 Mar 2010
The diversified miner said in a statement out Monday it had restarted operations at Los Bronces and El Soldado
COPPER MARKET UPDATE
Monday
,
01 Mar 2010
Concerns around supply in top producer Chile, devastated by an 8.8 earthquake boosted prices of the metal.
QUILAVIRA ACQUISITION
Friday
,
26 Feb 2010
Growing Peruvan gold miner, Minera IRL, is to acquire an ex-Newcrest gold exploration project in the south of the country.
HIGHER ORE GRADES AT OLDER MINES
Friday
,
26 Feb 2010
The good results, reversing years of dwindling production, could cloud the new-president elect's plans to "slim down" the copper miner.
STRIKE ACTION
Wednesday
,
24 Feb 2010
The workers said Tuesday they plan to resume their strike on March 4
BRAZILIAN MINING
Tuesday
,
23 Feb 2010
The Australian gold miner has had its second encounter with gold thieves in Brazil.
NMDC EYEING 6 FOREIGN PROPERTIES
Tuesday
,
23 Feb 2010
India's largest iron ore miner, NMDC, is allegedly investing outside the country for the first time in order to meet the needs of India's growing steel manufacturing sector.
NOT OUT OF THE WOODS YET
Monday
,
22 Feb 2010
Miners at the Peruvian mine returned to work on Saturday but said another strike may begin on March 3
REMAINS OF 65 MINERS NEVER RECOVERED
Friday
,
19 Feb 2010
Four years ago today, 65 Mexican miners perished at the Pasta de Conchos coal mine in a powerful methane gas explosion. Three of their widows have sued Grupo Mexico claiming negligence.
STRIKE ACTION
Friday
,
19 Feb 2010
The Peruvian precious metals miner is planning for a Monday restart
STRIKE ACTION
Thursday
,
18 Feb 2010
Workers at Peru's largest precious metals miner extended their strike after govenrment's efforts to broker a deal failed
POINT OF CHILEAN LAW
Thursday
,
18 Feb 2010
Goldcorp and New Gold closed the El Morro deal Tuesday, but Barrick will still challenge it in the Canadian courts.
ANTI-MINE PROTEST
Thursday
,
18 Feb 2010
Protests by anti-mining activists at the Canadian gold diggers Acua Rica project in Argentina's Catamarca province turned ugly Wednesday and a ruling was made to suspend work done locally
