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Waterton steps up efforts to oust Hudbay Minerals’ CEO, board

Toronto-based private-equity firm Waterton Global Resource Management is pushing for an overhaul Hudbay Minerals’ board and the exit of the current chief executive, Alan Hair, over alleged “mismanagement.”

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BHP urges miners to create global body to oversee tailings dams

CEO Andrew Mackenzie said it was too early to say what impact the recent Vale tailings dam disaster will have on efforts to restart BHP and Vale’s jointly owned Samarco mine, shut since November 2015 after a dam collapse killed 19 people.

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Recommissioned Aussie mine dispatches first nickel concentrate shipment to China

Panoramic Resources’ first shipment from the Savannah mine contained 7,735 wmt of nickel/copper/cobalt concentrate valued in approximately $6.1 million.

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IBM steps up efforts to help miners improve health and safety records

The company is working with several wearable technology providers so companies can monitor biometric and environmental data to identify whether employees are experiencing dangers or risk, beyond a equipment failure.

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