Barrick ready to sign deal to reopen Porgera mine
Papua New Guinea's prime minister has announced an imminent agreement to bring the mine back into operations.
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Copper price surges after Chile closes its borders
The world’s top copper exporter decided to close its borders for a month as a deadly covid-19 wave smashed records.
Raw materials from EV battery recycling have smaller carbon footprint – study
Finnish researchers used simulation-based life-cycle to account for emissions and energy and water consumption in the recycling process.
Florida faces imminent collapse of giant phosphate mine pond
Tailings pond at the old Piney Point phosphate mine threatens to burst, releasing millions of gallons of toxic water.
Colombian authorities continue rescue efforts for 11 miners trapped inside flooded pit
Eleven people have been trapped since March 26 inside the pit of an unregulated gold operation in the central Caldas department.
Copper may be the key to turn CO2 into fuel
Germany-based researchers optimized copper catalysts for the conversion of carbon dioxide into chemicals or fuels.
Rusoro to pursue $1.5bn award against Venezuela following French Supreme Court ruling
The French Supreme Court overturned a decision by the Paris Court of Appeal which had annulled part of the award granted by the ICSID to Rusoro Mining.
Cemin’s Pullalli gold-silver operation in Chile to use 100% renewable energy
Chile’s Cemin Holding Minero hired France’s Engie to provide 1.48 GWh of certified green electricity per year to Pullalli.
MINING.COM MINUTE: Biggest stories of the week
Top iron ore producer forecasts 50% fall in price; Vital Metals to become Canada’s first rare earths miner; Vale sells New Caledonia nickel assets to Trafigura
