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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

Hundreds of hectares of pristine rainforest destroyed by illegal mining in Venezuela

Over 1,200 hectares of pristine rainforest in Venezuela’s southern Bolívar state have been destroyed by unregulated mining operations and other illegal activities […]

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 17, 2022 | 8:07 am

Barrick sees 5.4% bump in quarterly gold output, copper up 18.8%

Barrick Gold (NYSE: GOLD; TSX: ABX) has reported its preliminary second quarter operating results, showing total gold production of 1.04 million oz. […]

Jackson Chen | July 14, 2022 | 10:48 am

How to accurately determine the impact of lithium mining on water sources

In a first-of-its-kind study on the hydrological impact of lithium mining, researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and the University of […]

Staff Writer | July 13, 2022 | 6:06 am

Komatsu, Codelco to trial unique tunneling machine at Chuquicamata mine

Komatsu has agreed with Chilean state-owned miner Codelco to collaborate on trialing a new tunnel excavation method using Komatsu’s newly developed mining […]

Jackson Chen | July 11, 2022 | 11:02 am

JV Article: The mining industry ‘needs to take a proactive approach to waste management,’ says A&M Remediation’s Paul Thususka

Mining companies generate large amounts of waste to produce economically viable metals. For instance, mining for copper, nickel, zinc, and lithium, essential […]

Northern Miner Staff | July 11, 2022 | 8:00 am

Court admits class action against Bolivian authorities accused of allowing illegal mining at national park

The fourth constitutional chamber of the La Paz departmental court of justice admitted a class action against five authorities blamed for allowing […]

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 10, 2022 | 1:23 pm

Peruvian authorities strive to keep dialogue going between Las Bambas, Indigenous communities as truce deadline looms

As the dialogue between Chinese miner MMG Ltd and six Peruvian Indigenous communities has come to a stall and the July 15th […]

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 10, 2022 | 11:43 am

Copper Snapshot: Eight companies exploring for the red metal

Copper is essential for the global shift towards decarbonization. However, declining ore quality, mine closures, and the absence of additional investment in […]

Carl A. Williams | June 22, 2022 | 1:00 pm

JV Article: Argentina Lithium & Energy aims to make new lithium brine discovery at Rincon West in Argentina

Canadian explorer Argentina Lithium & Energy (TSXV: LIT; US-OTC: PNXLF) aims to advance new sources of high-quality lithium in Argentina to meet the growing […]

Northern Miner Staff | June 20, 2022 | 10:00 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

Hundreds of hectares of pristine rainforest destroyed by illegal mining in Venezuela

Barrick sees 5.4% bump in quarterly gold output, copper up 18.8%

How to accurately determine the impact of lithium mining on water sources

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