Brazilian miner Vale said on Friday it had been authorised by local regulator ANM to resume operations at its Alegria mining site, which were interrupted last March after a "stress test" failed to guarantee its stability.
In a securities filin…
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Commodity trading firm Traxys has agreed to market large amounts of Norilsk Nickel’s production of battery metal cobalt for up to three years, effective immediately, three sources familiar with the matter said.
Cobalt is a key component of the lithiu…
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Moves to reduce plastic packaging to protect the environment are starting to increase demand for aluminium packaging, the European head of Novelis, the world’s largest producer of rolled aluminium products, said. Aluminium demand will also be underpinn…
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Brazilian iron-ore miner Vale on Thursday said it had preemptively triggered an emergency protocol at its Forquilha IV dam which processes waste from its Fábrica mine near the historic town of Ouro Preto.
Vale said it had taken the decision for the pr…
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A global inquiry into how mining companies store billions of tonnes of waste in huge dams, launched after a collapse in Brazil killed hundreds, shows about a tenth of the structures have had stability issues, investors said on Thursday. The research wa…
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Rio Tinto has changed its exploration strategy to consider smaller ore deposits that have growth potential, as the likelihood of finding large, low cost mines dwindles, an executive said on Thursday.
Global mining giants like Rio Tinto and BHP Group h…
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The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) threatened on Wednesday to cause more power cuts over the government’s decision to forge ahead with a plan to break up struggling State power firm Eskom. Eskom produces more than 90% of South Africa’s electricity…
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The European Commission is assessing five new minerals for possible inclusion in a revised list of critical raw materials to be published next year, as it seeks to bolster supply chains for a low emissions economy, a senior Commission official said.
T…
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Peru has given an important green light for Southern Copper Corp’s much-delayed Tia Maria copper mine, but the government cautioned it would not move ahead with the project without the right social and environmental conditions being met.
Prime Ministe…
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Chile has withdrawn as host of the APEC trade summit in November and the COP25 climate summit in December after several weeks of violent unrest, President Sebastian Pinera announced on Wednesday.
The APEC summit was scheduled to bring together 20 worl…
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