Almaden denied environmental permit for Mexico project
Reasons cited include insufficient information regarding the impacts of open pit mining on local environment.
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Gran Colombia shares up on drill results at Segovia
Drilling highlights include 51.22 g/t Au and 1.9 g/t Ag over 1.91 meters on the Providencia Vein.
Lundin’s Chapada back in full production
Company withdrew its 2020 guidance for the mine in northern Brazil in September, after a power outage caused damage to all four of the operation’s SAG and ball mill motors.
First Quantum names Tristan Pascall COO
Long-time president Clive Newall will step back from an executive role but remain as a director.
Vale gets license to start work at Capanema
Project will add net capacity of 14 million tonnes per year at the Timbopeba site.
Researchers develop method to recover palladium, silver from industrial waste
A team at Kanazawa University discovered how to selectively adsorb silver and palladium ions from aqueous acidic waste.
USNC-Power to develop Canada’s first small modular reactor
Following the federal government’s release of the country’s Small Modular Reactor Action Plan, USNC-Power said it will continue to develop its Micro Modular Reactor.
Excelsior produces first copper cathode at Gunnison
The company in-situ recovery operation is expected to sell the first copper cathodes in January 2021.
Illegal mining, drugs fund thousands of criminals operating in Venezuela
The head of the Colombian military said that almost 1,500 members of organized crime groups are now operating from Venezuela.
