Bolivia hints at expropriating mines
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Bolivia's president said Saturday the government should expropriate mines where private owners have not invested sufficiently, taking aim at the industry after clashes between rival bands of miners left at least 16 dead.
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Chile's Escondida presented  workers with a new contract offer on Sunday which, if approved  by workers, would end a strike that has lasted nearly two weeks  and halved production at the world's largest copper mine.
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Tourists and political pilgrims can now follow "Che's trail" in Bolivia, which traces Ernesto Guevara's fatal attempt to export the Cuban revolution to one of Latin America's poorest countries.
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Bolivia's top court has asked the government to start extradition proceedings against a former president who lives in self-exile in the United States, the attorney general said on Tuesday.
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More than 20,000 miners from across Bolivia marched into the capital Tuesday, tossing sticks of dynamite that sent booming explosions echoing through the streets in a protest of President Evo Morales' plans for a steep hike in mining taxes.
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MERERANI, Tanzania  - The orange sun sets over the  Tanzanian mining town of Mererani as pick-up trucks take the  night shift to pits producing blue Tanzanite gemstones, and  tired workers trudge home in the opposite direction.
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In a mining market awash with cash and parched for discoveries, there are rock-solid reasons why the junior mining sector should consolidate, but ego and economics could get in the way of such deals.
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HUANUNI, Bolivia  - Rival groups of Bolivian miners battled with dynamite on Friday while officials worked to reimpose a truce and sent in hundreds of police to quell the deadly fighting at one of the world's largest tin mines.
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Bolivia's President Evo Morales holds talks with miners after mass protests in La Paz over tax rises.
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Just nine months into President Evo MoralesÂs term, heightening tension is once again threatening to tip Bolivia into turmoil.
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In a mining market awash with cash and  parched for discoveries, there are rock-solid reasons why the  junior mining sector should consolidate, but ego and economics  could get in the way of such deals.
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Nicaragua has found thousands of anti-personnel mines left over from its 1980s-era civil war, ending hopes of declaring the country safe from the weapons this year.
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BEIJING: Chinese authorities say preliminary findings into Sunday&#39;s mining accident point to negligence and greed. Mine bosses have been accused of being
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China and the developing world need lots of what the big mining companies can give them.
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COCHABAMBA, Bolivia  - Bolivia's Evo Morales faces an uphill battle toward revival of South American trade unity along socially responsible lines when he meets with regional leaders in a summit on Friday and Saturday.
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Iran's leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad promise $1bn (Â£493m) to help Bolivia exploit oil and gas reserves.
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Mining group BHP Billiton   is set for a make-over if it manages to gobble up Rio Tinto , jettisoning a range of mines to focus on core operations.