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An Austrian businessmen who had to pull out of a deal to buy RTB Bor, now says he is "still interested" in the acquisition.

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An Australian mining company has been attacked on official Chinese television for the type of environmental, community and financial abuses sometimes associated with Chinese-owned mines in Africa, Papua New ...

Sino Gold's chief executive, Jake Klein, said it was difficult to take the program seriously because it was riddled with so many "gross inaccuracies".

Other foreign mining companies said the program was "so biased" that it could reflect a broader campaign by powerful officials or Chinese mining interests to keep foreign mining companies out of China.

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Compared with the relative ease of mining bulk commodities such as iron ore and manganese, goldmining is an extremely unforgiving business.

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Hawaii Structural Ironworkers Pension Trust Fund, Waipahu, sued Alcoa Inc. for "breach of fiduciary duty, abuse of control, corporate waste, unjust enrichment and gross mismanagement," according to a complaint ...

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Based on the responses and agency input, the Forest Service has announced that an Environmental Assessment is the preferred level of review, which could allow for a conclusion of permitting for an alternative ...

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Southern Copper Corp.'s massive Toquepala open-pit mine, in southern Peru, produced 187,579 tons of copper in 2006.

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“Klaus has extraordinary energy, a keen understanding of global issues, is committed to continuing the strong operating performance of Alcoa, and embraces our values.”

Alcoa Inc., the world's third-largest aluminum producer, has named Klaus Kleinfeld as its new chief executive, the company said Thursday. via PhillyBurbs.com

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Esmark Inc. said yesterday that it will "vigorously defend" against what it calls a "frivolous" lawsuit filed against the steel company by ArcelorMittal for failing to complete a $1.35 billion purchase of the ...

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Without court intervention, coal operator Massey Energy Co. will get what it wanted by illegally refusing to rehire union workers at a West Virginia coal mine, a National Labor Relations Board lawyer argued ...

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Westmoreland Coal Company : -- Operating income for first quarter 2008 of $2.3 million , compared to operating income for first quarter 2007 of $12.1 million.

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