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Ghana’s Lands Minister Urges Multinational Mining Firms to Promote Safe Mining
September 26, 2019
Mr. Kwaku Asomah-Cheremeh, the Lands and Natural Resource Minister, has called on mining companies to ensure safe mining practices in their respective areas of operation. He urged them to improve on their community relations strategies for the benefit of all
Highfield Resources Receives Key Environmental Permit to Advance Muga Postash Project, Spain
September 25, 2019
Highfield Resources has received notification from the Ministry for Ecological Transition approving the granting of a positive Declaración de Impacto Ambiental (DIA) for the the Muga Postash Project. This positive DIA means the company has now received the key environmental
Wealth Minerals Receives Initial Work Program Review Affidavit for Atacama Project, Chile
September 25, 2019
Wealth Minerals Ltd. has received an initial work program review affidavit, known as a Pertinencia, from the Chilean Environmental Agency. The Pertinencia is a key document as part of the stakeholder inclusion process for the company’s development of the Atacama
China Set to Open $30 Billion Coal Hauling Haoji Railway
September 24, 2019
There’s nothing quite like a massive coal rail to demonstrate China’s loyalty to the dirtiest of fossil fuels. Almost a decade in the making, the nearly $30 billion Haoji Railway will start around the end of this month and eventually
Nokia and Telefonica Peru to Enable Automated Operations at Las Bambas Copper Mine
September 23, 2019
Finnish Telecommunications company Nokia and Telefónica Peru have entered into an agreement on enabling digital mining operations and automation projects at Minera Las Bambas in Apurimac, Peru. Located at an altitude between 3,800 and 4,600 meters above sea level, between
India to Surpass U.S. as World’s Second Largest Coal Producer
September 23, 2019
Coal production continues to increase in India and the country is likely to surpass the US as the world’s second largest coal producer this year, according to KPMG partner Niladri Bhattacharjee. The country is projected to produce roughly 815 million
Mining Projects Foment Unrest Across Latin America
September 23, 2019
Protest against new mining projects across Latin America are increasingly being quashed, according to NGOs. Mining of the raw materials is also fomenting social and political unrest. Latin America’s mineral wealth is a magnet for global mining investors. The region
Armenia Gives Clearance for Lydian’s Amulsar Project to Proceed
September 20, 2019
Lydian International Limited said that Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, of the Republic of Armenia, stated, “The information we currently have at this moment is very clear, the exploitation of the mine does not harm the environment.” The Prime Minister went
Barrick Gold Secures UK Court Approval for $1.2 Billion Acquisition of Acacia
September 19, 2019
Canadian mining giant Barrick Gold is on the verge of wrapping up its $1.2 billion takeover of Africa-focused gold miner Acacia Mining after securing approval from a top UK court. The approval, which was granted by the High Court of
India to Invite Bids from Global Coal Miners Before End of Year
September 19, 2019
India plans to invite bids from global firms for the first time for coal mining blocks before end-2019, sources familiar with the matter said, a move that would end Coal India Ltd’s near-monopoly for the fuel as the nation tries
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