February 15, 2019 Trust in tailings? Vale dam disaster spurs investors into action The disaster has called into question the willingness of investors and lenders to continue funding the broader industry.
February 15, 2019 Miner Vale says fire to halt operations at Malaysia distribution center The company said the fire should have a reduced impact on shipments as 10 days of preventive maintenance was already programmed at the terminal.
February 15, 2019 Brazil’s Usiminas more than doubles profits in 2018 Brazil's Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais posted $223.21 million in profit in 2018.
February 15, 2019 Silver One starts drilling at Peñasco Quemado in Mexico Historical measured and indicated resource at the property are of 2.57 million tonnes at a grade of 117 g/t Ag for a silver resource of 9.63 million ounces.
February 15, 2019 Eight Vale employees arrested in Brazil as part of dam collapse probe Four people from the German consulting group Tüv Süd, company that certified the safety of Vale’s dams, were also detained.
February 14, 2019 Investors applaud Yamana Gold’s Q4 results Yamana Gold’s stock was up 4.65% in after hours trading.
February 14, 2019 Silvercrest finds another vein at Las Chispas The company intersected high grade silver and gold mineralization along a 1.5 km strike length at Babi Sur.
February 14, 2019 Copper miner’s $10B bet comes to life in Panama jungle Poised to supply a global market that’s tipping into deficit gives First Quantum Minerals Ltd. a chance to prove its $10 billion investment was worth all the trouble.
February 14, 2019 Barrick Gold faces challenges to develop Latin America mines Seven weeks into the job, Barrick Gold Corp.’s new boss has already discovered, first hand, the challenges of developing and mining giant deposits in Latin America.
February 14, 2019 South32’s Colombia ferronickel unit avoids strike with mine unions South32 produces nickel from ferronickel in an open pit mine near the municipality of Montelibano, in the western department of Cordoba.
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