Mining giants Rio Tinto, BHP Group and Fortescue Metals said their Australian operations had suffered some impact after two cyclones hit the country over the weekend, with clean up starting on Monday in the wake of the storms.
Cyclone Veronica has bee…
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Chile’s Antofagasta expects to reach an agreement with miner BHP to help ensure water supply at its Zalidvar copper mine in the country’s northern desert, a company official told a Chilean newspaper on Friday.
Antofagasta needs access to water for the…
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The stability of Vale’s Sul Superior dam slid into a critical condition, prompting a warning siren to be activated Friday, the company said, citing an independent auditor.
About 500 people have already been evacuated February 8 from the area near the …
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Civil society groups rejected Guinea’s first policy seeking to protect people displaced by mines and dams on Thursday, saying it would worsen poverty and conflict in the mineral-rich nation. Seven human rights and development organisations asked the go…
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Commodity giant Glencore on Friday said it had suspended operations at its McArthur River zinc mine in northern Australia as a cyclone approaches.
Authorities have declared a state of emergency in the region as Tropical Cyclone Trevor nears, with the …
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Paulson & Co Inc will not support Newmont Mining’s planned $10-billion takeover of rival Goldcorp Inc as the premium offered is unjustified, the investor said in a letter on Thursday.
The transaction is dilutive to Newmont shareholders and only Go…
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Executives at Vale SA , the world’s largest iron ore miner, quashed efforts by Brazilian authorities to audit one of the company’s mining dams months before it collapsed and killed over 300 people, a state prosecutor was quoted as saying by news websit…
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Brazilian mining company Vale SA said on Wednesday it halted operations at its Alegria iron ore mine in Minas Gerais state after a "stress test" in the structures failed to guarantee stability.
Vale said the results of the test were "incon…
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The United States imposed sanctions on Tuesday against Venezuela’s State-run gold mining company Minerven and its president, Adrian Perdomo, accusing them of illicit operations and propping up the government of President Nicolas Maduro.
The announceme…
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Miner KGHM will extend negotiations with a union at its Chilean copper mine Sierra Gorda, averting a strike, a union representative said on Tuesday.
The company had until the end of Tuesday to request government mediation to help reach a deal with th…
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