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Vale denied stability re-certifications on 17 dams, dikes

Decision comes on the same day a Brazilian court froze an additional 1 billion reais ($255 million) in assets as possible compensation for damages related to a recent evacuation of the area around the company’s Vargem Grande dam in Minas Gerais state.

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MMG’s subsidiary in Peru rejects blockade at Las Bambas, asks for dialogue

Since early February, the Indigenous community of Nueva Fuerabamba has been blocking a national highway called Corredor Minero del Sur.

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Maverix to buy most of the silver from Ascendant’s Honduran mine

The Vancouver-based company will make an advance payment of $7.5 million for the right to purchase 22.5% of the silver produced from El Mochito mine.

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U.N., ethical investors join miners quest for global tailings rules

Currently there are no established global standards defining what a tailings dam is, how to build one and how to care for it after it is decommissioned.

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World’s largest copper producer Codelco brings AI to its mines

The Chilean state-owned miner has signed a deal with Uptake, a provider of artificial intelligence (AI) and Internet of Things software, to to monitor the health of mining equipment and ensure operations run efficiently.

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