Silver Wheaton Corp said on Tuesday it had signed a $1.9 billion deal with Brazil’s Vale SA to acquire a share of the gold produced at some of the company’s mines in Brazil and Canada.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/05/silverwheaton-vale-idUSL1N0B5OEB20130205
But what happens up here in Pascua-Lama, where Canadian mining giant Barrick Gold is developing the first open-pit gold mine to straddle two countries, will have a huge impact on the people living in the valleys below on both sides of the border — for better or for worse.
MANILA, Philippines—Swiss mining giant Xstrata has set back the commercial production of its $5.9-billion project in the Philippines to 2019 due to problems with security and the government, the company said Wednesday.
http://business.inquirer.net/97991/xstrata-mine-in-philippines-set-back-to-2019
KHARTOUM, Nov 27 (Reuters) – Sudan expects to produce around 50 tonnes of gold this year, earning $2.5 billion, its mining minister said, as the country seeks to offset the loss of most oil reserves when South Sudan became independent last year.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/11/27/sudan-gold-idUSL5E8MR59U20121127
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