Brazil to deploy special force to protect the Yanomami from wildcat gold miners
More than 20,000 miners are illegally prospecting on the reservation and polluting rivers with mercury used to separate gold from ore.
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Vale mulls remote-controlled trains to work around risky dam in Brazil
It would take around 60 days for Vale to implement the solution, according to a person familiar with the plan.
Centerra CEO weighs ‘divorce’ with Kyrgyzstan on seized mine
A split would be just one way for Centerra to resolve issues with Kyrgyzstan’s government, which also owns 26% of the company.
Home: A nickel refinery tops US battery metals wish list
The Department of Energy has identified Class 1 nickel, the type best suited to lithium-ion batteries, as both key vulnerability and key opportunity.
Gold price drops to 4-week low ahead of Fed policy meeting
The price action suggests that the speculative market was heavily long on gold, one analyst says.
Endeavour Mining debuts on London Stock Exchange
The move makes the company the largest pure play gold miner listed on the premium segment of the LSE.
Union leaders urge striking Vale Sudbury workers to reject latest offer
The 2,500 workers at the mine walked off the job on June 1, complaining about plans to cut health and medical benefits for retirees as well as minimal wage increases.
Ganfeng Lithium to buy 50% of Mali mine for $130 million
Ganfeng also wants at least half of Goulamina’s first-phase annual output, estimated in 455,000 tonnes of spodumene.
Tanzania to add gold to reserves, resume $3 billion iron project
The government wants to raise the contribution of mining to Tanzania’s gross domestic product to 10% by 2025 from the current 6.7%.