August 9, 2023 Mining is growing rapidly – so are investor-state disputes New study shows dramatic increase in investor-state disputes and 80% of miners and counsel involved in arbitration expect greater government intervention over the next year.
August 9, 2023 Polymetal plans to sell Russian assets under sanctions in 6-9 months The company had planned to separate its Russian and Kazakh businesses.
August 9, 2023 Ecuador’s President asks court to resume environmental consultations Popular referendums, halted since last week, are a necessary step for any mining company hoping to obtain an environmental license in Ecuador.
August 9, 2023 Perpetua reaches final settlement to resolve Clean Water Act lawsuit The agreement provides for total payments of $5 million by Perpetua over a four-year period.
August 9, 2023 Newcrest leftovers don’t appeal to Australia’s top gold miners Newmont is widely expected by sector executives to sell the two Newcrest-operated mines in Western Australia.
August 9, 2023 Nanoscale gold tattoos may provide early warnings of health problems Gold tattoos get scientists closer to tracking the health of individual cells.
August 8, 2023 Barrick CEO sees few good deals despite mining’s M&A revival "The problem is that, in the gold industry, most of the tier one assets remaining are embedded in bad assets. And you can’t unlock them,” Bristow says.
August 8, 2023 Alamos Gold updates feasibility of gold production from former Lynn Lake mine The 2023 feasibility study predicts an average annual gold production of 207,000 oz. in each of the first five years and 176,000 oz. per year over the initial 10 years…
August 8, 2023 Silver Lake hits ‘reset button’ at Sugar Zone gold mine in Ontario The company says it plans to reset mining practices and upgrade the site logistics network.
August 8, 2023 Mali adopts new mining code that boosts state interests A draft of the code proposed changes that could boost state and private Malian interests in new projects to 35%, from up a current 20%.
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