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Mega deals help Canada’s mining industry take centre stage again

Recent mergers and acquisitions have brought the industry back into the spotlight, after years of speculation around how the sector could regain power, PwC’s Canadian Mine report notes.

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Canadian miners start 2019 off on the right foot amid mega-deals

Ernst & Young’s Canadian Mining Eye index — which tracks the performance of 100 Toronto Stock Exchange and TSX Venture Exchange mid-tier and junior mining companies — rose 5% fin the January-March period.

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Ivanhoe to fast-track DRC mine into production after CITIC invests $454m

This second major cash injection brings the Chinese miner’s total investment in Ivanhoe to $1 billion, which gives the Canadian company the equity cushion required to build its massive Kamoa-Kakula copper mine.

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Sirius Minerals secures European supply deal for its $5B fertilizer mine

The company has found in BayWa, a Germany agribusiness, a partner that will distribute in Europe the fertilizer Sirius plans to produce from its Woodsmith mine.

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Top miners back autonomous systems guidelines

Document divides operations into six levels, from zero (entirely manual ) to five (fully autonomous), and assists in the preparation of a business case for autonomous mining, depending on level and needs.

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De Beers expands pilot scheme in Sierra Leone to sell ethically sourced diamonds

Decision was made to give more artisanal and small-scale miners (ASM) the opportunity to benefit from the program, which helps them trace route of their diamonds throughout the supply chain.

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‘Communities not important’ says former Colombia mining head in leaked video

Santiago Urdinola, head of private firm Minesa and former president of the Colombian Mining Association, made comment during a meeting about the company’s application for an environmental licence a large underground gold project.

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Paris to decide fate of Russia-Canada gold mine in French Guiana

France’s environment minister François de Rugy, is expected to announce in June the government’s official position on both Norgold and Columbus Gold’s proposed open-pit mine and a precious metal industry in French Guiana.

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