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.
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Tianqi’s top shareholder to get up to $2.5bn injection
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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.
Thyssenkrupp’s Canada plant to produce 11,000 tonnes of hydrogen per year
Thyssenkrupp’s Canadian subsidiary will build an 88-megawatt water electrolysis plant capable of producing 11,100 tonnes of hydrogen per year.
Queensland’s coal, resource jobs soar
Over 39,000 people were working in Queensland’s coal industry in the last quarter of 2020.
BHP and Vale’s Samarco hit with nearly $1 billion suit
Noteholders accuse the miner of ignoring their requests to restructure their debt.
China’s Shandong ramps up industrial safety checks after gold mine blast
The province of Shandong plans to launch inspections of key industrial sectors in a bid to uncover safety risks.
GameStop trade mania sends Aussie mining junior’s stock soaring
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