February 20, 2019 AngloGold’s Colombia soil study cannot be halted by mayor — provincial authority The mayor of the town of Jerico had ordered a suspension of the work in January after the council voted late last year to ban mining in the area.
February 20, 2019 Newcrest ups stake in Ecuador with Cornerstone deal Australia’s largest gold producer has signed an option and farm-in agreement with Toronto-listed Cornerstone Capital Resources over two early stage projects in Ecuador.
February 20, 2019 Mining companies operating in Sub-Saharan Africa should invest in renewable energy — report According to Fitch Solutions, off-grid mines could benefit from reducing their dependency on diesel while taking advantage of the region's favourable climate conditions.
February 20, 2019 Glencore yields to investor pressure, caps coal production The mining and trading giant will cap its production of thermal and coking coal at about 150m tonnes per year, close to its planned output level for 2019.
February 20, 2019 Barrick and Tanzania reach proposal to settle country’s row with Acacia The gold giant said it would approach the board of Acacia Mining to back the formal proposal that would settle a long-running dispute with the Tanzanian government.
February 19, 2019 ERG will suspend copper, cobalt output at Congo mine this month Operations are being suspended while a feasibility study is conducted on building two processing facilities to treat ores at the site.
February 19, 2019 Lumina Copper faces charges, up to $55m fine for environmental breaches in Chile This is not the first time the Chilean watchdog has fined Lumina.
February 19, 2019 Glencore to cut output, jobs at copper, cobalt mine in Congo – WSJ The output cut is likely to be temporary as the company looks for new ways to mine copper, the report said.
February 19, 2019 Waterton steps up efforts to oust Hudbay Minerals CEO, board of directors Toronto-based private-equity firm Waterton Global Resource Management is pushing for an overhaul of Hudbay Minerals’ board and the exit of the CEO, Alan Hair, over alleged "mismanagement."
February 19, 2019 BHP urges miners to create global body to oversee tailings dams CEO Andrew Mackenzie said it was too early to say what impact the recent Vale tailings dam disaster will have on efforts to restart BHP and Vale's jointly owned Samarco…
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