June 10, 2021 Anglo’s coal retreat may boost South African fossil fuel output Expansion at Thungela’s could mean the spinoff generates more greenhouse gases than had the mines been gradually run down by Anglo.
June 10, 2021 Vale ordered to pay $26 million to families of Brumadinho victims The disaster killed 270 people but the court action only benefits the families of 131 workers directly hired by Vale.
June 10, 2021 Albemarle to boost extraction in search for green growth The US company is introducing a way of extracting more of the lithium that’s normally captured in salts, thereby lifting yields to 80-85% from 50-55%.
June 10, 2021 Ganfeng Lithium to sell $630m of shares to fund expansion The company in March announced an ambitious plan to increase its production capacity roughly fivefold to 600,000 tonnes of lithium carbonate equivalent a year.
June 10, 2021 Investors with $41 trillion urge G7 to end support for fossil fuels A 457-member group of investors, representing an estimated 37% of all global assets under management, joined a coalition of CEOs in demanding the world’s richest nations set more ambitious emissions…
June 9, 2021 Vale’s decomissioned Brazil dam at risk of collapse, labor body says Engineers and technicians told the auditors that the tailings at Xingu had not been properly drained.
June 9, 2021 Largest oil sands producers create alliance to reach net zero Canada’s largest oil sands producers have teamed up to achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions.
June 9, 2021 Iron ore price jumps as Chinese inventory drops to the lowest since February Shipments from Rio Tinto were seen declining, while Vale has interrupted production at two mines over safety concerns, reducing its output by 40,000 tonnes a day.
June 9, 2021 Secretive world of diamonds is in the grips of a buying frenzy It takes about three months to cut, polish and sell a diamond, so stones bought cheaply at the start of the year are now being sold for a big profit.
June 9, 2021 Rio Tinto Kennecott, BYU researchers partner to improve reclamation at Bingham Bingham Canyon in Utah has been mined since 1906 and has produced more copper than any mine in history – more than 19 million tonnes.
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