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MINING.com

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MINING.com

MINING.com is a web-based global mining publication focusing on news and commentary about mining and mineral exploration. The site is a one-stop-shop for mining industry professionals, educators, investors, and the general public. We cover all the important mining news of the day, including but not limited to: drill results, mergers and acquisitions, financing, mining education, suppliers and equipment news, commodities, market data, and precious metals commentary.

Latest articles from MINING.com

  • Another Major Getting Out Of The Oil Sands Business

    Published 28 March 2015 | viewed 12,307 times

    Dover West Leduc. (Image courtesy of Athabasca Oil) PetroChina (NYSE:PTR), the Asian country’s largest oil major by market value, no longer wants a stake in…

  • A Look At The World’s Largest Underground Mine

    Published 10 March 2015 | viewed 7,124 times

    MINING.com toured Chile’s El Teniente mine, the world's largest underground copper operation and the sixth biggest copper mine by reserve size.Codelco's El Teniente mine, the…

  • Oil Price Implosion Raises Recession Threat For Alberta

    Published 14 January 2015 | viewed 6,061 times

    Oil sands in Fort McMurray, Alberta. Alberta, the heart of Canada’s oil sand industry and the country’s richest province, is “most likely” headed for a…

  • Chinese Green Revolution Tramples Australian Coal Exports

    Published 13 January 2015 | viewed 7,747 times

    The ban is expected to encourage a more efficient use of coal, which has been blamed for China’s severe air pollution troubles. (Creative Commons image…

  • China Opens Up Unlimited Rare Earth Exports

    Published 06 January 2015 | viewed 5,560 times

    China has scrapped its controversial quotas on rare earths exports and is likely to replace them with a resources tax, eliminating a policy that sparked…

  • Oil Sands Not A Dirty Fuel Says EU

    Published 18 December 2014 | viewed 6,796 times

    Oil sands in Fort McMurray, Alberta. The European Union voted by an extremely narrow majority Wednesday against a proposed fuel quality directive that would have…

  • Despite Low Oil Price New BP Oil Sands Project Begins Operations

    Published 13 December 2014 | viewed 7,880 times

    Aerial view of Sunrise Energy Project. (Image courtesy of Husky Energy) Energy giant BP (NYSE:BP) and partner Husky Energy (TSX:HSE) announced Friday they’ve kicked off…

  • Political Will Pushing Energy East Pipeline In Canada

    Published 04 December 2014 | viewed 6,616 times

    Oil sands in Fort McMurray, Alberta. Alberta Premier Jim Prentice met his Ontario peer Kathleen Wynne Wednesday as he presses for approval of TransCanada’s (NYSE,…

  • Chilean Mining Sector Energy Demand To Double By 2025

    Published 29 November 2014 | viewed 10,845 times

    El Teniente is the world's biggest underground copper mine and the sixth largest copper mine by reserve size. Chile's mining industry, responsible for around a…

  • Pressure Mounts On Quebec To Ban Uranium Mining

    Published 26 November 2014 | viewed 6,446 times

    Demonstrators outside hearings for the Matoush uranium project. (Image from archives) A group of young members of the James Bay Cree Nation began an 800-kilometre…

  • Goldman Sachs Winding Down Coal And Uranium Trading

    Published 24 November 2014 | viewed 6,428 times

    Goldman Sachs, the biggest trading firm on Wall Street, will wind down its uranium trading business and may sell its coal mine subsidiary in Colombia,…

  • Opposition To TransCanada Pipeline Growing In Quebec

    Published 22 November 2014 | viewed 6,227 times

    Image credit: Wikimedia Commons Quebec Environment Minister David Heurtel has set seven conditions TransCanada (NYSE, TSE:TRP) will have to meet before the provincial government lets the…

  • Keystone Of Little Benefit To U.S. Says Obama

    Published 18 November 2014 | viewed 4,970 times

    Image via WikiMedia Commons. As expected, the U.S. House of Representatives has voted in favour of approving TransCanada Corp.'s (TSX, NYSE:TRP) controversial Keystone XL oil…

  • BHP And Rio Tinto Call For International Carbon Price

    Published 13 November 2014 | viewed 5,335 times

    Image copyright: Adam J | Shutterstock.comTwo of the world’s largest mining companies, BHP Billiton (ASX:BHP) and Rio Tinto (LON:RIO) called world leaders on Thursday to…

  • BHP Billiton To Export US Oil Without Permit

    Published 05 November 2014 | viewed 5,700 times

    BHP's oil rig Gulf of Mexico. World’s largest miner BHP Billiton (NYSE, ASX:BHP) plans to export ultra-light oil from the U.S. without getting formal approval…

  • Enbridge Records $80 Million Loss This Quarter

    Published 05 November 2014 | viewed 4,523 times

    Enbridge's plan to reverse the flow of its L9 pipeline running between southern Ontario and Montreal has been delayed. Enbridge Inc. (TSX, NYSE:ENB), Canada’s largest…

  • BHP To Sell US Shale Assets, Expects $5 Billion Gains By 2017

    Published 01 November 2014 | viewed 7,367 times

    Mackenzie is confident in the process of spinning off part of BHP's business, which will leave the miner with a higher quality core of 19…

  • BHP Needs A Breakthrough To Expand Olympic Dam

    Published 01 November 2014 | viewed 4,551 times

    The US$33 billion expansion plan was shelved in 2012.World’s largest miner BHP Billiton (ASX:BHP) said Friday that plans to resume expansion at its massive Olympic…

  • Space Mining Faces Setback After Rocket Explosion

    Published 29 October 2014 | viewed 4,380 times

    Planetary Resources, the U.S.-based start-up aiming to mine in space, lost its first test satellite aboard the commercial rocket that exploded only six seconds after…

  • Hopes Of Rescuing 18 Trapped Turkish Miners Fade

    Published 29 October 2014 | viewed 4,064 times

    Rescue workers have been pumping water out of a coal mine in southern Turkey all night, but hopes of finding alive all or some of…

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