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Mexico says no link between killings and dispute at Canada’s Torex mine

By analyst By Cecilia Jamasmie Mexican authorities have ruled out any link between a double murder near a gold mine owned by Canada’s Torex Gold Resources (TSX:TXG) and a labour dispute at the operation, located in violent Guerrero state. The official statement (in Spanish) backs the company’s account, in which it said the two killed

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Colombian First Nations rally against mining in the world’s highest mountain/coastal system

By analyst By Valentina Ruiz Leotaud Hundreds of Colombian First Nations marched today in Valledupar, capital of the northern Cesar department, to demand government action against mining development on the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, the highest mountain/coastal system in the world. Talking to the local media, the leader of the Arhuaco tribe, Saúl Mindiola,

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Marmota to process ore at its neighbour’s mine

By analyst By Valentina Ruiz Leotaud South Australian exploration company Marmota Limited (ASX:MEU) announced that it has executed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding with WPG Resources (ASX:WPG) to process ore from its Aurora Tank gold project at WPG’s Challenger processing plant, given that both sites are located close to each other. The MoU is another

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European investors to fund $53-million bio-coal plant

By analyst By Valentina Ruiz Leotaud Baltania OÜ, a 100% owned subsidiary of Dutch private equity investment firm Momentum Capital, announced that it has made a conditional investment decision to commission an industrial-scale torrefaction bio-coal plant in Vägari, Estonia. The project would be carried out together with the Baltic country’s ministry of environment at a

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