June 4, 2021 World’s no. 2 automaker to get “actively involved in raw materials business” Volkswagen CTO Thomas Schmall flags IPO for new battery division and all but commits the automaker to investing in mining.
June 4, 2021 Costa Rica wins arbitration case over open-pit gold mine An international arbitration panel ruled Costa Rica does not owe Canadian miner Infinito Gold any compensation from a project cancellation 10 years ago.
June 4, 2021 Vale closes mines after evacuation order at Xingu dam area Company has interrupted production at its Timbopeba mine and part of its Alegria mine after prosecutors ordered the evacuation of an area around the nearby Xingu dam.
June 4, 2021 Court order forces steelmaker CSN to upgrade dam safety in Minas Gerais A judge ordered the company to work on the safety of the Fernandinho dam or pay a daily fine of $197,667.
June 4, 2021 Mosaic halts two mines in Canada over flood risk The fertilizer producer will restart its idled Colonsay mine to offset some of the production drop, estimated at 1 million tonnes of potash.
June 4, 2021 BHP to pay $93m for environmental harm at Escondida The figure is part of a plan drawn up to resolve a lawsuit from the state over water use and related damage to a sensitive area.
June 3, 2021 Workers again block rail line supplying Colombia coal miner Cerrejon Cerrejon, jointly owned by BHP, Anglo American and Glencore, has had repeated disagreements with nearby Wayuu indigenous communities and its largest union, which held a three-month strike last year.
June 3, 2021 Western Uranium buys physical uranium Western Uranium says the physical uranium purchase complements its Sunday mine complex production plans.
June 3, 2021 Giga Metals’ Turnagain nickel project tests show potential for carbon neutrality Preliminary testing carried out by the University of British Columbia shows the Turnagain nickel project has potential for significant mineral sequestration of CO2.
June 2, 2021 Boroo completes acquisition of Lagunas Norte mine in Peru Barrick put the open pit mine on care and maintenance in 2019, but production continued from the heap leach.
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