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Dividend over digging: Miners pay shareholders but need new projects
Major miners need to increase spending to secure fresh copper supply, analysts say, amid worries that availability of the red metal will slide just as demand surges.
Petra Diamond’s mine guards face fresh human rights abuse claims
Guards at the Williamson mine in Tanzania are said to have deliberately swapped rubber projectiles with metal shot against trespassers.
Tungsten producers may have to look at new markets – report
An analysis by Roskill states that tungsten prices and consumption in the automotive sector may never recover to 2017 levels.
Massive battery recycling facility opens in Singapore
TES’s multi-million-dollar facility has the capacity to recycle up to 14 tonnes or the equivalent of 280,000 lithium-ion smartphone batteries a day.
Illegal gold rush in the Amazon raises risk to indigenous people
Illegal gold and diamond mining in Brazil’s Amazon rain forest is threatening South America’s largest group of native people who still live in relative isolation.
Class action against Rio Tinto over Oyu Tolgoi escalates
US hedge fund’s lawsuit claims the miner concealed the true cause of the mine expansion delays, which Rio had largely blamed on the site's geology.
Rio Tinto to use solar technology to power California mine
Heliogen's AI-powered technology will be deployed at Rio's borates mine, using heat from the sun to generate and store carbon-free energy to power industrial processes.
China’s epic sandstorm lifts the price of coal that caused it
Thermal coal prices could go higher still as China’s worst sandstorm in a decade tightens supply.
