Japan’s Mitsui injects $30m into Sigma’s lithium project in Brazil
The Japanese trading house is backing Sigma's Grota do Cirilo hard rock lithium project, in the south-eastern province of Minas Gerais.
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Goldcorp shareholders approve Newmont’s $10B takeover offer
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Peruvian judge jails lawyers for three years over copper mine blockade
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Two injured, two others missing after mudslide at Freeport’s Grasberg mine
Mining operation is running normally despite the incident, says the company.