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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

Vale gets green light for Serra Leste expansion

Vale foresees the extraction and processing of 107 million tonnes of iron ore in the project in the next 11 years

Bruno Venditti | November 27, 2020 | 6:29 pm

Brazilian miners to tighten up tailings self-regulations

National Mining Agency on new guidelines tightening safety rules and inspection of mining dams.

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 27, 2020 | 9:25 am

Brazil’s lower house to evaluate Brumadinho compensations

Commission will evaluate talks between Vale and Minas Gerais state officials over compensation for tailings dam collapse.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | November 24, 2020 | 5:54 pm

Politician that supports Pan American Silver’s project in Argentina in hot water over anti-mining comments

The governor of Chubut is being blasted on social media for changing his mind over mining in the province.

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 22, 2020 | 7:50 pm

Sierra releases PEA on Yauricocha mine expansion, grows resources

South American-focused miner Sierra Metals has released a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) on an expansion of its Yauricocha polymetallic mine in Peru’s […]

Alisha Hiyate | November 19, 2020 | 12:33 pm

Codelco to keep “Chuqui” open pit mine going for an extra year

Chile's copper miner will continue to mine another year at the iconic mine, which has had good yields.

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 12, 2020 | 1:30 pm

AngloGold suspends operations at Cerro Vanguardia

Company suspended operations at its gold and silver mine in Argentina for 10 days, as coronavirus positive cases have been detected among its workforce.

Bruno Venditti | November 10, 2020 | 4:23 pm

Chilean mine group warns pending glacier bill could shut down deposits

Sonami, which represents mining firms including BHP, Anglo-American and Antofagasta asked lawmakers to closely review the science on glaciers before finalizing the bill.

Reuters | November 9, 2020 | 3:58 pm

JX Nippon Mining buys partner’s stakes in Chile’s Caserones copper mine

Move comes as partner Mitsui & Co said on Monday it planned to sell all of its 22.63% stake in the loss-making mine after posting a 7 billion yen ($67 million) loss from the operation.

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 9, 2020 | 7:43 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

Vale gets green light for Serra Leste expansion

Brazilian miners to tighten up tailings self-regulations

Brazil’s lower house to evaluate Brumadinho compensations

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