Four people from the German consulting group Tüv Süd, company that certified the safety of Vale’s dams, were also detained.
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Australian iron-ore miner Fortescue said on Friday that one of its driverless trucks, travelling at low speed, ran into another that was parked at its remote Western Australian operations in an incident earlier this week.
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China’s strict environmental regime means domestic iron ore mines won’t boost output to meet any supply shortfall after Vale’s dam disaster, according to the head of a major Chinese mining group.
The global iron-ore market is in the grip of a supply s…
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An injection of A$5 billion to A$13 billion in workforce capability will be needed over the next decade.
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Quebec iron-ore miner Champion Iron is considering doubling the capacity of its Bloom Lake mine, near Fermont, and will complete a feasibility study before the end of the year.
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A group of international non-governmental organisations on Tuesday demanded that Brazilian miner Vale be excluded from the United Nations’ corporate responsibility pact, after a mining dam burst that killed an estimated 300 people.
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The January 25 Brumadinho dam disaster is expected to knock Brazil’s competitiveness in the global iron-ore market and will elicit a supply response from mines in China, as well as new projects that could be brought on line in the next few years.
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China iron-ore futures rose to a record on Monday, the first session after a week-long national holiday, on concerns that supply from Brazil, the country’s second-largest ore supplier, may decline after a fatal dam accident at a Vale mine.
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According to the industry group, such reform would encourage additional investment in capital and technology.
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The Responsible Mining Foundation says many of the world’s largest mining companies are not able to ‘know and show’ how effectively they are addressing the risks of tailings dam failure and seepage.
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