Belgian group DEME and Canada’s DeepGreen are carrying out tests and research to collect nodules containing copper, cobalt and other minerals from the ocean floor, as a race to mine the depths gathers pace.
Deep sea mining is often dismissed as unaffo…
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Norilsk Nickel, the world’s largest palladium producer, said on Tuesday tighter emissions regulations in all major markets and flattish primary supply would widen a palladium deficit in 2019.
Prices for palladium, chiefly used in emission-curbing aut…
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Newcrest Mining CEO Sandeep Biswas said on Monday his company would pursue a potential acquisition only if it were the right value for investors, adding that he would prefer to buy assets rather than whole companies.
"We are happy to do M&A i…
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Freeport-McMoRan CEO Richard Adkerson said on Monday his company has been investing heavily to mitigate any danger from tailings dams and is "comfortable" with engineering designs in place at existing dams.
"Early on, we recognized this as…
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Niron Metals, headed by Mick Davis, will develop Guinea’s Zogota iron-ore deposit, a spokesperson for BSG Resources, which previously held its mining rights, said on Monday. Output from the mine will be transported by rail and exported via a port in ne…
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Anglo American has restarted operations at its Moranbah North coal facility in Australia’s Queensland state, it said on Monday, after one worker died and several were injured in a collision underground last week.
The London-listed miner said in a sta…
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Fourteen non-governmental organisations (NGOs) including Amnesty and Global Witness have opposed plans by the London Metal Exchange to ban cobalt tainted by human rights abuses, a letter seen by Reuters showed.
Cobalt is a key ingredient in the batter…
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Wholesale prices for laboratory-grown diamonds have fallen by up to 60% since De Beers began selling synthetic stones for jewellery in September, CEO Bruce Cleaver said on Thursday, adding margins for the sector would continue to fall. De Beers, part o…
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Brazil’s mining regulator has ordered Vale SA to suspend activity at its Fabrica and Vargem Grande complexes, the iron ore miner said late on Wednesday, as authorities crack down after last month’s fatal dam break.
In a statement, Vale said the ANM mi…
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Workers led by South Africa’s Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) plan to down tools at gold and platinum mines next week in support of colleagues at Sibanye-Stillwater who are striking over wages and job cuts. AngloGold Ashanti, H…
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