Mining News and Commentary

Vale dam collapse: Panic after fresh alert at another mine in Brumadinho

An alarm warning of an imminent mining dam rupture was issued on Sunday morning near Brumadinho, the same Brazilian community where the collapse of Vale’s dam on Friday killed at least 58 and left over 400 more feared dead.

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Codelco and Ennomotive challenged engineers to find creative uses for copper-graphene nanocomposite

Sixty-five engineers from 15 countries came up with ideas.

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Vale’s tailings dam bursts after end-year rebound in iron ore prices

As early as next week, iron ore prices may start to reflect the impacts of Vale’s dam bursting at Corrego de Feijao in Brumadinho, Minas Gerais, according to an analysis by S&P Global Platts. The effect […]

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Explorex Resources scraps plans to buy battery metals project in Finland

The Canadian miner won’t be buying the Hautalampi cobalt, nickel, copper project in eastern Finland at this time due to financing issues.

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