December 21, 2020 Lundin’s Chapada back in full production Company withdrew its 2020 guidance for the mine in northern Brazil in September, after a power outage caused damage to all four of the operation’s SAG and ball mill motors.
December 21, 2020 Vale gets license to start work at Capanema Project will add net capacity of 14 million tonnes per year at the Timbopeba site.
December 21, 2020 Researchers develop method to recover palladium, silver from industrial waste A team at Kanazawa University discovered how to selectively adsorb silver and palladium ions from aqueous acidic waste.
December 21, 2020 USNC-Power to develop Canada’s first small modular reactor Following the federal government’s release of the country’s Small Modular Reactor Action Plan, USNC-Power said it will continue to develop its Micro Modular Reactor.
December 20, 2020 Illegal mining, drugs fund thousands of criminals operating in Venezuela The head of the Colombian military said that almost 1,500 members of organized crime groups are now operating from Venezuela.
December 20, 2020 US court rules farmers’ case against Newmont must be heard in Peru NGO EarthRights International says the decision fails to acknowledge corruption is rampant in the Peruvian court system.
December 20, 2020 How zinc can be extracted from waste ash Swedish researchers separated zinc from fly ash by treating waste with an acid wash.
December 18, 2020 Alternative financing models for mining – report Fieldfisher’s 2020 report includes commentary on ESG – the growth of green loans and sustainability linked loans in the resources sector.
December 18, 2020 Yamana Gold lowers risk at Agua Rica in Argentina Moving forward, the copper, gold, silver project will be known as the MARA Project.
December 18, 2020 Perseus pours first gold at Yaouré mine Company expects to declare commercial production at its mine in Côte d’Ivoire in March 2021 quarter.
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