January 29, 2019

Germany’s TUEV SUED says two of its employees have been arrested in Brazil

On Saturday TUEV SUED told Reuters it had not found the dam to be damaged when it was inspected last September.

January 29, 2019

Minarum to acquire Aura’s East Taviche property in Mexico

Aura states that an 865,000 tonne inferred ore zone grading 119 g/t silver and a 3.3 million tonne inferred ore zone averaging 0.51 g/t gold has been outlined by 14…

January 28, 2019

Vale’s management team on thin ice as spill fallout snowballs

“Before pointing out fingers we need to see what happened first”

January 28, 2019

Vale stock plunges after Brazil disaster; $19B in market cap erased

"The fact is that Vale's share drop was even steeper than some market participants expected"

January 28, 2019

Argonaut Gold receives federal approval of Magino EA

A December 2017 feasibility study estimated the open-pit project would produce about 116,000 ounces of gold over a 17-year mine life.

January 28, 2019

In the new lithium ‘Great Game,’ Germany edges out China in Bolivia

"This partnership secures lithium supplies for us and breaks the Chinese monopoly" - Wolfgang Tiefensee economy minister of the German state of Thuringia, an automotive manufacturing hub.

January 28, 2019

Chinese iron ore traders face uncertainty after Vale’s Brazilian mine disaster

"We're worried that the mine accident might lead to higher premiums on low-aluminium iron ore"

January 28, 2019

Brazil securities regulator probes Vale’s filings on dam collapse

By Monday, local officials had confirmed at least 60 people dead and said they fear that among the hundreds who are still missing there will be very few survivors.

January 28, 2019

Investors ask how Vale failed to stop repeat of dam disaster 

“How can they let this happen again?” Melo said. “They wiped out our city.”

January 28, 2019

Vale analysts see charges, lawsuits, halts undermining stock

Vale plunged as much as 20 percent in Sao Paulo on Monday, the biggest intraday drop since October 2008.