December 21, 2020 Vale gets license to start work at Capanema Project will add net capacity of 14 million tonnes per year at the Timbopeba site.
December 20, 2020 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.
December 20, 2020 US court rules farmers’ case against Newmont must be heard in Peru NGO EarthRights International says the decision fails to acknowledge corruption is rampant in the Peruvian court system.
December 20, 2020 Landslide at Vale mine in Brazil kills person near location of 2019 dam disaster Vale said it was cooperating with authorities in finding the cause of the landslide.
December 18, 2020 Alternative financing models for mining – report Fieldfisher’s 2020 report includes commentary on ESG – the growth of green loans and sustainability linked loans in the resources sector.
December 18, 2020 Yamana Gold lowers risk at Agua Rica in Argentina Moving forward, the copper, gold, silver project will be known as the MARA Project.
December 18, 2020 Iron ore price leaps to highest since 2011 Iron ore prices surged again Friday amid trading spikes Chinese steelmakers have called “unreasonable” and “abnormal.”
December 18, 2020 Endeavour Silver sells El Cubo mine to VanGold for $15m Upon completion, Endeavour would become the largest shareholder in VanGold Mining.
December 18, 2020 MINING.COM MINUTE: Biggest stories of the week Rio Tinto taps finance head as new chief executive; SolGold CEO handed shareholder rebuke at annual meeting; Anglo American to divest from thermal coal operations by 2023
December 18, 2020 Antofagasta agrees copper charges for 2021, Codelco to follow Companies will supply copper concentrate at treatment and refining charges of $59.50 per tonne and 5.95 cents per lb in 2021, signing up at the benchmark rate miners have now…
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