However, some contaminants could not be tested.

Setty brings to MWH nearly 18 years of international experience in the hard rock mining sector.

Miner could face massive fines.

"There's a cascading effect of concerns here."

Casablanca Capital-backed Lourenco Goncalves (55) is also the new chairman of the board.

Firm that designed, engineered, and oversaw the construction of the Mount Polley tailings dam, Knight Piesold, is said to be involved in copper mine proposals in Minnesota.

It has been three days since the tailings dam broke.

Open pit mining and underground solutions provider Tenova TAKRAF, has completed the supply and installation of a 10,000 tph shiploader for the Port of Nouadhibou in Mauritania, as part of a contract awarded by Société Nationale Industrielle et Minière (SNIM), which also covers the associated conveying system. Tenova TAKRAF is part of the global total technology solutions provider, Tenova Mining & Minerals.

Experts claim ban is unlikely to have a significant impact on the country's coal consumption in the short term.