Zimbabwe changes majority black ownership for diamond, platinum mines
The mpowerment laws now limit majority ownership by state miners only to the diamond and platinum sectors, as oppose to the entire mining sector.
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Workers at Idaho’s Lucky Friday mine have been on strike for 370 days
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EPA not happy with Canadian miner’s zinc-gold project in Michigan
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U.S. govt to accept metals tariffs exclusion requests from Monday
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Merkel, Xi agree to work on steel overcapacity within G20
Xi said both countries should cooperate despite ideological differences.
Cobalt drilling quadruples in Q4
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