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Still a way to go to achieve gender balance in the mining industry

According to the Responsible Mining Foundation, most of the companies assessed show little or no evidence of efforts to strengthen the gender balance of their leadership and governance teams.

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Scientists use graphene to create diode for cheaper and more durable fluorescent lamps

Researchers at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology succeeded in creating light-emitting diodes, or LEDs, on a graphene surface.

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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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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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LME gets tougher on companies with ties to child labour, corruption

Initiative could see it ban or delist brands that can’t prove they are responsibly sourced by 2022.

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