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Romania

I would walk 200 miles... Marching Romanian miners reach Bucharest

After 7 days and 320 km of walking, Romanian miners and energy workers have reached Bucharest. The march aimed to draw the government’s attention to

18/04/2016

Romania

Romanian miners march to Bucharest

The workers from state-controlled energy company started the 300km walk from Targu Jiu to the capital on Monday to protest against a proposed layoff.

13/04/2016

Business Series

Commodity markets rout slams miner Glencore's profit

2015 was a grim year for mining company and commodity trader Glencore with profit down by almost a third as prices for copper, nickel, zinc, iron-ore and coal slumped to multi-year lows.

01/03/2016

Europe News

EU ministers fret over Chinese steel 'dumping'

The EU needs to tighten up its anti-dumping rules to protect its steel industry from cheaper Chinese imports. That’s according to some EU trade

29/02/2016

Economy

China to lay off 1.8 million coal and steel workers to cut overcapacity

China expects to lay off 1.8 million workers in the coal and steel industries as it addresses overcapacity in bloated state enterprises amid slowing economic growth.

29/02/2016

Russia

Rescue operation for trapped miners halted

The Russian government has confirmed that rescue operations have been halted after further blasts at a mine inside the Arctic Circle. claimed six lives.

28/02/2016

Business Series

Rio Tinto goes back on dividend promise after net loss for 2015

Rio Tinto has scraped its boom time dividend payout policy as its 2015 profit plunged

11/02/2016

China

Four Chinese miners rescued after 36 days underground

In China, four miners are rescued after 36 days underground. The search goes on for 13 people still missing.

29/01/2016

China

China: miners must wait a week for rescue

Supplies passed down via boreholes

02/01/2016

My Europe Series

Germany and Poland have a dirty big secret - an addiction to brown coal

In eastern Germany some members of a little-known group claim they are being ethnically cleansed, not by militia groups, but by the coal mining

30/12/2015

World News

Police in Peru raid and destroy illegal Amazonian gold mines

Peruvian police have destroyed dozens of illegal gold mining camps close to the Amazonian nature reserve. Peru raids illegal gold mines #video

18/12/2015

Economy

Rio Tinto cuts spending forecast for 2016

Rio Tinto, the world’s second-largest mining company, has cut its capital spending forecast for next year to $5 billion. Its previous estimate was

08/12/2015

Brazil

The death of Rio Doce, the "sweet river", under a tide of toxic mud

With the news of late being dominated by a narrow range of security-related issues what is being called the worst environmental disaster in Brazil’s

23/11/2015

Brazil

Brazil: dam bursts, killing several people in Mariana

Several people have been killed near the town of Mariana after a dam holding mining waste burst, engulfing houses and vehicles near the Germano mine

06/11/2015

Economy

Mining giant Glencore to cut zinc production

Mining giant Glencore says it intends to cut half a million tonnes of zinc production in its latest move to cope with the slump in commodities

09/10/2015

Business Series

Glencore shares rally but fears remain for mining giant

Shares in the mining firm Glencore recovered slightly on Tuesday, but remained well down after losing around a third of their value the previous day

29/09/2015

Cinema

"The 33" digs into 2010 Chilean mining rescue and media circus

Trapped for 69 days under a collapsed mine before being rescued alive. It was being spoken of as a movie even as the last of the Chilean miners was

28/08/2015

World News

Peru: man shot dead by police during mining protest, says union

A man supporting a strike at a mine in southern Peru has been killed during clashes with police. He was shot dead by officers, who fired pellets and

26/05/2015

World News

Peru: dozens injured during protest against copper mining project

More than 30 people, many of them police officers, have been injured in clashes in southern Peru. Violence broke out in the city of Arequipa, during

15/05/2015

Colombia

Fears for Colombian miners trapped in flooded gold mine

Rescue workers are working against the clock to reach at least 15 miners trapped in a flooded gold mine in northwestern Colombia since Wednesday. It

14/05/2015