May 20, 2020

Queensland passes law to jail mining bosses over deaths

Top executives face up to 20 years in prison and A$13 million ($8.6m), if found criminally negligent over workers' deaths.

May 20, 2020

Minas Gerais municipalities waiting on Vale royalties

Ten cities affected by the disaster at Brumadinho wait for Vale to transfer funds on a agreement to cover losses in mining royalties.

May 19, 2020

McEwen posts $99m Q1 loss on Gold Bar write-down

Shares of McEwen Mining dropped 6.7% at Tuesday's market open.

May 19, 2020

Braveheart closer to restarting Bull River project

The Calgary-based miner received a positive system impact study from the provincial Hydro and Power Authority.

May 18, 2020

Heavy-metal pollution causes mass fish deaths in Nigeria

Samples of the fish and nearby waters analyzed in a laboratory showed normal levels of hydrocarbon and unusually high amounts of metals traceable to waste from batteries.

May 18, 2020

Ecuador restarts mines after quarantine; neighbors protest

Lundin Gold, which operates Fruta del Norte, said it was restarting mineral transport under international security protocols for workers and nearby communities.

May 18, 2020

Sweden reports its biggest ever quake caused by mining in Arctic

Kiruna, the world's biggest underground iron ore mine, has been closed until further notice.

May 18, 2020

Sierra Leone detains five expatriate managers at iron ore mine

The arrests come amid the SL Mining’s legal battle with the government.

May 18, 2020

Hochschild to restart operations at Peru mines

The company recently restarted operations at its San Jose mine in Argentina.

May 18, 2020

Russian army sets up mobile hospital at Olimpiada mine

Initial tests showed 866 positive cases among employees of the Polyus Krasnoyarsk unit as of Monday.