July 20, 2020 Vale nominates Denis Cuenca as COO His nomination comes after the board approved the creation of a compliance division as part of recommendations given by an independent committee in February.
July 19, 2020 Sumitomo scores legal victory in Bolivia The Plurinational Constitutional Court ruled that due process was violated in a two-year-long labour dispute.
July 19, 2020 BHP’s C-19 Tracer app may be rolled out within Chile’s mining industry Local media report that BHP is proposing the idea of expanding the use of the covid-19 contact tracing app beyond its mine sites.
July 17, 2020 US asks judge to block miner’s share sale of Citgo parent Crystallex International is seeking to enforce a $1.4 billion arbitration award against Venezuela, most of which remains unpaid.
July 17, 2020 Despite Brazil’s covid-19 spike, Minister of Mines optimistic Bento Albuquerque said revenue from mineral production in H1 2020 was 1% higher than in the first half of 2019.
July 17, 2020 Intergovernmental Forum calls for resource taxation re-evaluation IGF has launched the Future of Resource Taxation, a new initiative aiming to improve the way governments collect revenue from the mining sector.
July 17, 2020 RBC hikes silver price forecasts RBC Capital Markets has raised its silver price forecasts by 16% in 2020, 17% in 2021 and 14% in 2022.
July 17, 2020 Court suspends Vale’s $1.5bn deposit in Brumadinho case The amount would ensure the enforcement of any potential fine or forfeiture of assets, rights and values related to the disaster.
July 16, 2020 MINING.COM MINUTE: Biggest stories of the week Barrick Q2 output, covid disrupts $8.8 billion in mining, Pebble EIS and more...
July 16, 2020 Vale launches pilot plant for dry magnetic separation Pilot plant will have the capacity to concentrate 30 tonnes per hour of dry ore, using magnetic separation technology, made by means of rare earth magnets.
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