Prosecutor orders three years of jail time for Spaniard couple with murky investments in Congolese copper mine
The pair invested approximately $1.9 million in shares in Mhyrre Minerals and Metal SPRL.
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Production should be halted for at least a week.
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The Madrid-based firm signed a $20-million-dollar contract.
Public uproar in Colombia over waterfall polluted by illegal miners
A citizen’s video showing the extent of the contamination went viral.
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Independence Resources to sell gold, silver and cobalt-bearing property
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Coal mine collapses in Afghanistan killing five
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China halts oil product exports to North Korea in November as sanctions bite
Beijing also imported no iron ore, coal or lead from North Korea in November.