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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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Newmont offers special dividend if Goldcorp takeover approved

The one-time special dividend, worth $470 million, will be given to Newmont’s shareholders only if its friendly takeover of Canada’s Goldcorp is approved.

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BHP steps up efforts to win neck and neck battle for Ecuador’s copper riches

The world’s largest miner has signed an earn-in and joint venture deal with Canada’s Luminex Resources over the Tarqui copper project.

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Data scientists and geoscientists offered A$1m to predict next big mineral deposit in South Australia

The idea is to speed up the exploration lifecycle and allow miners to analyse information at a much faster rate than before.

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Australian scientists developing tool capable of delving deeper into Earth’s rock layers

The experts from Curtin University say the mechanism promises to be crucial for the country’s mining and petroleum sectors.

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