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

The bank has closed out its stake in the iron ore miner, selling 188.5 million shares and raising around 11 billion reais ($2 billion).

Argentina’s National Mining Secretariat issued a dossier highlighting projects by Yamana, Alpha Lithium, Minsud and others.

The miners - whose ages ranged from 18 to 27 years old - inhaled toxic gases and perished.

The copper-silver project in northeastern Colombia now covers over 2,500 square kilometres, with a cumulative 220-kilometre strike of prospective copper-silver mineralization.

The new work program is designed to test the material outside of the high-grade structures that formed the mineral resource estimate.

The same week Glencore said it will abandon its coal mining interests in Colombia amid dropping profits, the country launched a proposal for its first battery storage system.

The Serrote copper-gold project is now fully funded through to production.

An illegal gold operation in Colombia’s Chocó department was funding the Clan del Golfo.

The 9.3% drop in the Mining Production Index pushed down the Industrial Production Index by 4.1% in 12 months.