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.

June 2, 2021

Botswana’s Khoemacau copper mine aims to start production this month

It will be the only operational one in the diamond-rich country after two other copper mines were placed under liquidation.

June 2, 2021

Copper price down as China premium falls to 5-year low

Yangshan copper premium fell to $30.50 a tonne, its lowest since February 2016, indicating weakening demand for imported metal into China.

June 2, 2021

State diamond miner in Zimbabwe sees output rising 30% this year

Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Co.’s mines produced 2.3 million carats worth of diamonds in 2020 and mostly sold them to India and the Middle East.