Site visit: Pasco aims to green the Andes by mining silver-zinc tailings

The Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals and Sustainable Development says most mining laws and regulations don’t acknowledge women as active participants in the sector.

The new finding on the role of cerium came out of the ‘Olympic Dam in a test tube’ project.

Women in Mining want to engage as equals with global regulators, market leaders and policy shapers.

Simon Thompson is the latest high-profile departure linked to the miner’s destruction of ancient rock shelters in Western Australia.

News of the agreement come as the Australian Taxation Office has hit the miner with a fresh A$406.5 million ($317m) bill.

The Mining Association of Canada says the total 10-year projected value of $82 billion for new projects remains nearly 50% below the 2014 level of $160 billion.

The miner beat expectations with a small fall in 2020 earnings, but boosted dividend as soaring commodity prices helped it recover from covid-19 disruptions in the first half of the year.

The Australian company wants innovators to focus environmentally friendly ways to extract metals like copper, gold, silver and cobalt from its concentrates.

Jean-Sébastien Jacques received £13.3 million ($18.6 million) in pay and long-term incentive rewards last year, compared to £7.1 million ($9.9 million) in 2019.