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The stakes are high in Montepuez where the discovery of rubies has led to violence among miners that has turned the northern town into...
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Evangelical preacher Emmanuel Momoh prayed for five years that he would discover the diamond he needed to pull his family out of poverty in...
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A lengthy strike at the world’s largest copper mine, BHP Billiton’s Escondida in Chile, forced the Anglo-Australian mining giant to suspend plans Wednesday for...
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The European Parliament on Thursday overwhelmingly approved a law requiring firms to ensure they do not use so-called conflict minerals from Africa and other...
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Workers at a US-owned copper mine in Peru launched a wage strike Friday, heightening pressure on the market for the key commodity already hit...
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Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro named a new mining minister on Sunday, the latest of several appointments as he seeks to strengthen his position against...
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Negotiations aimed at ending a strike that has halted production at the world’s biggest copper mine were postponed indefinitely Wednesday, the government and a...
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Chilean miners who have rattled commodity markets by halting production at the world’s biggest copper pit agreed Tuesday to restart government-mediated negotiations to end...
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Striking workers at the world’s top copper mine, BHP Billiton’s Escondida in Chile, said Friday they were prepared to hold out for two months...
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Workers at the world’s top copper mine, BHP Billiton’s Escondida in Chile, launched what they vowed would be a “long and hard” strike Thursday,...