Sweden reported its biggest ever earthquake caused by mining on Monday at an iron ore mine north of the Arctic Circle run by state firm LKAB.
The quake measured magnitude 4.1, the Department of Earth Sciences at Uppsala University said.
Noone was inj…
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Iron-ore pellets producer Ferrexpo on Monday appointed James North as its acting CEO, six months after Kostyantin Zhevago stepped down temporarily to resolve issues at his former business in Ukraine.
North, currently the company’s chief operating offi…
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South African energy regulator Nersa said on Friday it will allow utility Eskom to recover R13.3-billion from customers for electricity supplied in the 2018/19 financial year, lower than what the state-owned power utility had applied for. Nersa said in…
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Freeport-McMoRan’s Indonesian unit said it will operate the giant Grasberg mine with a "skeletal team" after a rise in coronavirus infections in the area, including at the mine workers’ living quarters, and three deaths.
The move is aimed at e…
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Zambia reopened its Nakonde border with Tanzania on Friday for cargo after a five-day closure of the key transit point for copper and cobalt exports and fuel imports, but people were still not allowed to cross, a provincial minister told Reuters. Presi…
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Israel’s economy is slowly returning to normal with the gradual easing of its lockdown, but the once vibrant diamond exchange floor in Tel Aviv remains shut and the diamond district, one of the world’s main trade and polishing centres, is still desert…
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Mexico’s mining sector should re-start activities on June 1, two weeks later than previously suggested, Mexico’s undersecretary for mining said on Thursday.
Mexican government earlier this week said it would classify mining, along with the auto sector…
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Sierra Leone is weathering a dramatic crunch in mining revenue as COVID-19 restrictions hurt companies’ ability to export gold and diamonds and access essential supplies. Revenue from mining dropped from $2.24 million in April 2019 to just $0.33 millio…
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PT Freeport Indonesia, operator of the world’s second-biggest copper mine, is to conduct "extensive testing" among its employees after coronavirus cases in the area where the mine operates topped 100.
It said on Wednesday it had around 50 000 …
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Zambia has built ten milling plants to process gold in a drive to formalise artisanal and small-scale miners and diversify from copper mining, state mining investment company ZCCM-IH said on Wednesday. The project is being undertaken by Consolidated Go…
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