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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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More than a third of gold mines in Congo exposed to Ebola — report

In its current form, the epidemic won’t impact the nation’s cobalt production, as the vast distance from the Katanga region largely prevents its spread, says global risk consultancy Verisk Maplecroft.

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