Copper price up as global smelting rebounds
Copper prices rebounded as investors scooped up material at lower prices after heavy losses the previous day on fears that strong US economic data could spur tighter monetary policy.
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Ivanhoe reports fatal accident at Kamoa-Kakula mine in Congo
A contractor's employee was hit in the leg by a loose rock while working at one of the working faces, causing him to fall backwards and strike his head on a rock.
Court order forces steelmaker CSN to upgrade dam safety in Minas Gerais
A judge ordered the company to work on the safety of the Fernandinho dam or pay a daily fine of $197,667.
Mosaic halts two mines in Canada over flood risk
The fertilizer producer will restart its idled Colonsay mine to offset some of the production drop, estimated at 1 million tonnes of potash.
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Barrick CEO said that if everything goes as planned, the Porgera gold mine will resume operations later this year.
Deep freezing iron-based materials expected to be part of superconducting devices of the future
US, UK and Germany-based researchers discovered that an iron-based superconductor exhibits both superconductivity and magnetism below -258°C.
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