Rio Tinto apologised to an Australian parliamentary inquiry in its submission on Tuesday for the destruction of ancient sacred caves, admitted to numerous errors, and said it supported reforms to state heritage laws.
The world’s biggest iron-ore miner…
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Malaysia has approved Australian rare earths miner Lynas’ application to build a permanent disposal facility for waste treatment, a Minister said on Tuesday.
Lynas can build its facility in a waste disposal site identified by the Pahang state governme…
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HBIS Resources Co, a unit of China’s second-biggest steelmaker HBIS Group, said on Monday it had signed an initial deal to develop the Pampa de Pongo iron-ore mine in Peru alongside current licence-holder Zhongrong Xinda.
The two Chinese companies pla…
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Global miner Rio Tinto Ltd on Monday said it has initiated proceedings against a unit of engineering contractor Monadelphous Group over a fire that occurred last year at its iron ore processing facility at Western Australia.
A Rio spokesperson confirm…
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Global miner Rio Tinto on Monday said it has initiated proceedings against a unit of engineering contractor Monadelphous Group over a fire that occurred last year at its iron ore processing facility at Western Australia.
A Rio spokesperson confirmed t…
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Global miner Rio Tinto Ltd on Monday said it has initiated proceedings against a unit of engineering contractor Monadelphous Group over a fire that occurred last year at its iron ore processing facility at Western Australia.
A Rio spokesperson confirm…
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Chilean regulators have rejected lithium producer SQM’s $25-million environmental compliance plan for the Atacama salt flat, requesting the miner to start again from scratch, a filing showed.
Chile’s Environmental Superintendent (SMA) approved SQM’s c…
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Chile’s copper output fell in June for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic landed in the world´s top producer of the red metal, dropping 0.6% to 472 172 t, according to data released on Friday by government statistics agency INE.
The South A…
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Chile’s environmental watchdog said on Friday it would charge BHP’s Escondida copper mine, the world`s largest, with drawing more water from the parched Chilean desert than its permits allowed for nearly 15 years.
The SMA regulator said the mine had c…
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Russian businessman Roman Abramovich and his partners are selling a 40.06% stake in Russian mid-sized gold producer Highland Gold to a Russian businessman, who will make a cash offer to remaining shareholders, they said on Friday.
Abramovich, Chelsea…
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