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Brazilian court clears BHP, Vale, and Samarco of charges in 2015 dam disaster

A court in Belo Horizonte ruled that state prosecutors failed to prove that "individual actions" directly contributed to the collapse of the dam.

Bruno Venditti | November 14, 2024 | 10:00 am

Deep sea mining puts $560 billion in land extraction at risk — report

Deep sea mining is expected to negatively affect countries that…

MINING.COM Editor | November 14, 2024 | 1:00 am

Ross Beaty awarded TNM’s lifetime achievement award

Ross Beaty flipped the laptop around and pointed its camera…

Colin McClelland | November 8, 2024 | 6:00 am

How resource ‘classification debt’ chips away at miners’ growth and investor trust

Over the past decade, resource misclassification has saddled the mining…

Henry Lazenby | October 18, 2024 | 2:00 pm

Site visit: Liberty Gold fast tracks past-producing Black Pine in Idaho

Salt Lake City, Utah – Liberty Gold’s (TSX: LGD) vice-president…

Henry Lazenby | October 18, 2024 | 9:00 am

Maduro exhorts Venezuelan army to combat environmental destruction caused by illegal gold mining

Venezuela’s head of state Nicolás Maduro publicly asked the Operational Strategic Commander of the Bolivarian National Armed Forces (Fanb) to ramp up […]

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 29, 2022 | 10:39 am

BHP responds to allegations of abandoned mine reclamation plan in Chile

Following accusations of failing to properly carry out its mine closure plan for Cerro Jarón in northern Chile, BHP (ASX: BHP) issued […]

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 28, 2022 | 10:56 am

Anglo American carries out water reclamation project in Brazil

Anglo American (LON: AAL) has announced plans to reuse the water that is employed in the operation of the pipeline that transports […]

Staff Writer | December 26, 2022 | 11:09 am

Teck contributes $20 billion to global GDP in 2022

Teck Resources (TSX: TECK.A, TECK.B; NYSE: TECK) contributed $20.1 billion in total economic contribution to global GDP; created or sustained over 214,000 […]

Alisha Hiyate | December 21, 2022 | 11:14 am

Researchers chart environmentally friendlier methods to produce nitrogen fertilizer

Researchers at ETH Zurich and the Carnegie Institution for Science have shown how nitrogen fertilizer could be produced more sustainably, thus reducing […]

Staff Writer | December 21, 2022 | 7:07 am

IAMGOLD surges on billion-dollar asset sales to fund Côté gold project in Ontario

IAMGOLD (NYSE: IAG; TSX IMG) share shot up 25% on Tuesday after it sold its latest portion of nearly US$1 billion in […]

Colin McClelland | December 20, 2022 | 11:57 am

Albemarle to build $180m US lithium research centre

The world’s top lithium supplier Albemarle (NYSE: ALB) will invest at least $180 million to build a new technology park in North Carolina, […]

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 14, 2022 | 3:53 am

Rio Tinto hunts for lithium deals, eyes Jadar revival

Rio Tinto (ASX, LON, NYSE: RIO) said on Tuesday is actively searching for lithium assets as its expects prices for the metal […]

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 13, 2022 | 6:38 am

Metalla adds Barrick’s Lama project to royalty portfolio

Metalla Royalty & Streaming (NYSE American: MTA) (TSXV: MTA) announced on Monday a major addition to its royalty portfolio: the world-class Lama […]

Jackson Chen | December 12, 2022 | 11:40 am

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Brazilian court clears BHP, Vale, and Samarco of charges in 2015 dam disaster

Deep sea mining puts $560 billion in land extraction at risk — report

Ross Beaty awarded TNM’s lifetime achievement award

How resource ‘classification debt’ chips away at miners’ growth and investor trust

Site visit: Liberty Gold fast tracks past-producing Black Pine in Idaho

Maduro exhorts Venezuelan army to combat environmental destruction caused by illegal gold mining

BHP responds to allegations of abandoned mine reclamation plan in Chile

Anglo American carries out water reclamation project in Brazil

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