January 29, 2021 MINING.COM MINUTE: Biggest stories of the week Northern Dynasty stock surges as it releases Pebble appeal details; Lucara strikes again with 378 carat diamond at Karowe; Two years after Brumadinho, still no convictions
January 29, 2021 Vale extends settlement talks over mining disaster for 15 days The parties have more time to reach a settlement over the 2019 Brumadinho disaster that killed some 270 people.
January 29, 2021 Debswana diamond exports fell 30% in 2020 Diamond exports from the company fell to $2.02 billion in 2020 from $3.05 billion in 2019.
January 29, 2021 China Molybdenum raises annual cobalt output target by 18% Operator of the giant Tenke Fungurume mine in the DRC said it was targeting production of 16,500-20,100 tonnes of cobalt in 2021.
January 29, 2021 Brazil mining agency to hire more inspectors, allowing annual checks on all tailings dams Minas Gerais state, home to Brumadinho, has only one inspector to inspect 364 dams.
January 29, 2021 Tianqi’s top shareholder to get up to $2.5bn injection Chengdu Tianqi Industrial Group will receive up 16 billion yuan that may help the miner to pay down debt.
January 29, 2021 Peru to allow mining during new coronavirus lockdown The government said on Thursday that mining, as well as fishing and construction, would be allowed to continue during the period from January 31 to February 14.
January 29, 2021 BHP and Vale’s Samarco hit with nearly $1 billion suit Noteholders accuse the miner of ignoring their requests to restructure their debt.
January 28, 2021 Newmont retains lead in ESG ranking of miners with Vale last Rio Tinto Group improved its score but continued to be weighed down by explosions that damaged two Aboriginal Australian sites.
January 28, 2021 Silver price surges as GameStop traders move into precious metals Shares in small nickel and cobalt explorer GME Resources also jumped as much as 53%, apparently driven by the similarity of its stock ticker code to the US videogame retailer.
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