Rio Tinto defends executive bonus structure
Proxy adviser Glass Lewis criticised the firm for paying out bonuses in 2017, a year when two employees died at work.
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Mining industry must improve human rights, environment protection — index
The Responsible Mining Index, launched in Geneva on Wednesday, assesses the policies and practices of 30 large companies that produce 25 percent of mined commodities, from gold to copper and coal, operating in more than 40 countries.
Bundesbank pulls all stops to show Germans their gold is real
The subject of the country’s reserves became particularly heated during the years of the sovereign debt crisis.
Canada’s new player in Brazil gets to work
A diamond drilling campaign is about to start at the Salobro Zinc Project.
Australia’s South32 to appeal damages ruling in Colombia
The court accepted as valid arguments and evidence presented by community leaders who claimed that waste emissions from South32’s Cerro Matoso nickel mine caused skin, lung and heart problems to people in the nearby towns.
Bahrain could host World Jewellery Confederation Congress
In 2017, the kingdom created DANAT, the Bahrain Institute for Pearls & Gemstones.
Korea’s LG Chem to set up battery material JVs with China’s Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt
LG Chem to raise $224.8 mln by 2020 to set up two JVs.
Once-hot material graphene could be next battery breakthrough
The next big thing for batteries may have fizzled out years ago.
South Africa’s mines minister aims for new mining charter by May
The charter's problem areas included raising the target for black ownership to 30 percent from 26 percent.
