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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

Illegal mining causing high mercury levels in Colombia’s Cali River

The Attorney General’s Office of Colombia issued a communiqué on Sunday alerting about high levels of mercury and lead in the Cali […]

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 19, 2023 | 12:13 pm

JV Article: Automaker Stellantis takes 19.9% stake in Argentina Lithium subsidiary

Amsterdam-based carmaker Stellantis (NYSE: STLA) whose iconic brands include Alfa Romeo, Chrysler, Citroën, Fiat, Opel, Maserati, Peugeot, Jeep and Vauxhall, has invested […]

Northern Miner Staff | November 7, 2023 | 9:30 am

JV Article: Torq sees double in the Chilean Andes

Torq Resources (TSXV: TORQ) could be on the cusp of discovering not one, but two major copper-gold systems right under the noses […]

Northern Miner Staff | November 7, 2023 | 6:24 am

Cuajone’s expansion project would not increase water usage – Southern Peru exec

Southern Copper Peru’s (NYSE: SCCO) superintendent of environmental services, Eduardo Talavera, said over the weekend that water use will not increase at […]

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 21, 2023 | 1:15 pm

Indigenous groups in Peru’s northernmost department demand mining concession nullity

Indigenous groups in Peru’s northernmost department of Loreto issued a communqué rejecting a mining concession approved by the Mining and Metallurgical Geological […]

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 15, 2023 | 7:50 am

Battery metal miners lack serious policies on informed consent – report

Many companies mining battery metals do not have the necessary policies in place to respect the rights of the communities impacted by […]

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 20, 2023 | 8:00 am

Silver and PGMs snapshot: Eight firms seeking the green energy metals

Rising demand for critical minerals for electric vehicles, stricter emission standards for gasoline-driven engines; and a global shift toward greener energy including […]

Northern Miner Staff | September 18, 2023 | 11:46 am

Venezuelan government searches for culprits following deadly clash between military, illegal miners

Following a recent operation against illegal mining in Venezuela’s Amazon region, the Operational Strategic Commander of the Bolivarian National Armed Forces (FANB), […]

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 17, 2023 | 12:36 pm

Upcoming elections in near-bankrupt Argentina could finally unlock the country’s huge mineral projects

Food, energy and now minerals. In a world where competition for raw materials is only increasing, Argentina is blessed with an abundance […]

Tom Azzopardi | August 29, 2023 | 6:09 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

Illegal mining causing high mercury levels in Colombia’s Cali River

JV Article: Automaker Stellantis takes 19.9% stake in Argentina Lithium subsidiary

JV Article: Torq sees double in the Chilean Andes

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