One of the trucks was traveling at low speed and ran into another that was parked at its Christmas Creek iron ore mine in the Pilbara region.
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Four people from the German consulting group Tüv Süd, company that certified the safety of Vale’s dams, were also detained.
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Peru’s environmental regulator OEFA has concluded that mining waste from the company’s Cuajone mine did not spill into a river during heavy rains last week.
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Company pinned the cost increases partly on mining ending at its low-cost Cortez Hills open pit in Nevada in the first half of the year, but noted it expected to reverse the trend over the next two to three years.
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The company, which operates three mines in southern Peru and one in southern Argentina, said that any potential restart would be dependent on market conditions.
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Canada’s largest diversified miner saw its quarterly profit drop 41.5 % from the year earlier, amid lower prices for copper, zinc and oil.
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The Russian miner sees encouraging prospects from colourful diamonds, market in which it aims to become the world’s leader.
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The autonomous Papua New Guinea region of Bougainville has rejected controversial changes to its mining law, said to be aimed at letting a new company extract the island’s riches.
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The company’s stock closed Tuesday in Sydney 1.82% higher at A$8.97 on the news.
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Roxgold believes the project has near-term development potential due to its Antenna deposit, which hosts an inferred resource of 5.8 million tonnes.
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