Canada-listed junior miner AJN Resources dismissed an attempt to block the company’s plan to buy five gold projects in Democratic Republic of Congo and said the country needed it to bring value to the assets.
Civil society groups on Thursday called o…
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Civil society groups on Thursday called on the President and Prime Minister to deny Canada-listed junior miner AJN Resources approval for it to buy five projects from Democratic Republic of Congo’s State-owned gold company.
The deal awaits approval fr…
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Mining company Aura Minerals filed on Wednesday for initial public offering on the Sao Paulo stock exchange B3, according to a securities filing.
Based in the British Virgin Islands and listed in Toronto, Aura has mining assets in Honduras, Brazil, US…
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Chilean state miner Codelco, the world’s largest copper producer, on Wednesday reported the death of a third worker who had contracted the new coronavirus.
The death will pile further pressure on the country`s economically key copper mining industry a…
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Société Minière de Bisunzu (SMB) on Wednesday said three people were killed and three others were injured in a grenade attack on its coltan mine in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday night. SMB’s mine near Rubaya, North Kivu province, has …
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The London Metal Exchange (LME) will examine whether the easing of social-distancing restrictions in England from July 4 will apply to its open-outcry floor, which has been closed for three months.
The 143-year-old exchange temporarily closed the floo…
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Mining on the sea floor should not begin before a full assessment of likely environmental impacts can be made, a report commissioned by the High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy (Ocean Panel) said on Wednesday.
Environmentalists including B…
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Global miner BHP Group announced stricter health protocols on Tuesday after cases of the novel coronavirus at its Escondida copper mine in Chile, the world´s largest, reached 150, with 59 at its smaller Spence deposit.
BHP said 76 of those cases remai…
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Chile’s Mining Minister Baldo Prokurica on Tuesday underlined the need to strike a balance between protecting mine workers from the new coronavirus and keeping the economic engine of the world’s largest copper producer running.
Prokurica said the …
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Canadian miner Banro Corporation has agreed to sell its Namoya Mining gold mine in Democratic Republic of Congo to a consortium of investors including Baiyin International Investment and Shomka Resources, it said in a statement on Tuesday.
Banro will …
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