JAKARTA (Reuters) - Between 35 and 40 percent of workers at Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc's Indonesian unit returned to work on Saturday to carry out maintenance work after a tunnel collapse that killed 28 people, a union official said. Full story
Chile's environmental regulator blocked Barrick Gold Corp.'s $8.5 billion Pascua-Lama project on Friday and imposed its maximum fine on the world's largest gold miner, citing "very serious" violations of its environmental permit as well as a failure by the company to accurately describe what it had Full story
A Utah mining company has started laying off some of its 2,100 workers after a landslide filled the bottom of a large open copper mining pit west of Salt Lake City. Full story
Canada's prime minister has announced a new package of development aid for Peru that environmentalists are viewing warily because it is closely tied to Canadian mining investments in the South American country. Full story
Critics of silica sand mining had hoped the Minnesota Legislature would adopt aggressive statewide rules to protect people and the environment. What finally emerged from the just-completed session, however, was a compromise that still leaves key decisions up to local governments. Full story
GENEVA/LONDON (Reuters) - The UK and French governments are set to join a global initiative that will require oil and mining firms to comply with new disclosure measures aimed at reducing corruption, sources involved in the process said on Wednesday. Full story
Discussing the legal obligations of data mining, with Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Yale School of Management; and Joel Reidenberg, Fordam University professor.
New York Times correspondent Suzanne Daley reports from debt-strapped Greece on efforts to raise revenues with gold mining despite deep concerns over environmental dangers and lax oversight.
John Smith, Silver Standard Resources CEO, discusses his latest mining project in Mexico, which holds one of the world's largest silver reserves.
Tyson Slocum, director of the Public Citizen Energy Program, and Mike Caputo, vice president of the United Mine Workers of America, offer two sides of the conversation on the environment and the so-called "war on coal."
Gold mining execs are trying to pressure investors that miners are still the place to be despite a tough year. Mark Cutifani, AngloGold Ashanti CEO, offers insight.
The general manager of Zamin Ferrous mining group, Fernando Puntigliano speaks during a Reuters interview in Montevideo, May 23, 2013. REUTERS/Andres Stapff (URUGUAY - Tags: BUSINESS HEADSHOT)
The general manager of Zamin Ferrous mining group, Fernando Puntigliano gestures during a Reuters interview in Montevideo, May 23, 2013. REUTERS/Andres Stapff (URUGUAY - Tags: BUSINESS)
Orthodox believers follow clergy carrying religious icons and crosses during a procession in the hills above the mining town of Karabash in Russia's Ural mountain region May 19, 2013. Locals walked some 22 km (13.7 miles) as part of an annual tradition, stopping to pray at various sites near the tow
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