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Death Toll Rises to 60 at Vale’s Dam Burst at Córrego do Feijão Mine
January 29, 2019
Search crews are looking for up to 300 missing people in southeastern Brazil, after a dam at an iron ore mining complex collapsed Friday, releasing a deluge of muddy mine waste that swallowed part of a town. Since then, the
Drummond Secures 20-year License Extension for La Loma Coal Mine, Colombia
January 29, 2019
Drummond has secured a 20-year extension of its mining concession contract for the La Loma coal mine in Colombia from the country’s National Mining Agency (ANM). Located in the Cesar Department in northern Colombia, the La Loma coal mine has
Sirius Minerals to Start Work on Underground Transportation Tunnel at Woodsmith Mine
January 28, 2019
The company behind North Yorkshire’s new multi-billion pound polyhalite fertilizer mine has unveiled the first of its 1,800 tonne tunnel boring machines that will be used to construct the company’s underground mineral transportation tunnel between Whitby and Teesside. The machine
Adani Starts Roadworks for Carmichael Coal Mine in Queensland
January 28, 2019
A regional Queensland business is carrying out the works, starting with grid by-passes, on the much-debated coal mine’s access road. The grid by-passes allow larger machinery and equipment to be transported to the site. Adani Mining Chief Executive Officer Lucas
Banks Mining Positive as Secretary of State Sets Highthorn Surface Coal Mine Decision Date, England
January 28, 2019
North East employer Banks Mining has welcomed plans by the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government to make a decision on its Highthorn surface mine within the next three months — and it is now urging him
UAE Industrial Giant Sees Milestone in $1.4 Billion Bauxite Mining Project, Guinea
January 28, 2019
Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) has announced a milestone at its under-construction Guinea bauxite mining project as the first loaded train traveled from its subsidiary Guinea Alumina Corporation’s (GAC) mine to the coast. The 80-wagon train carried some 6,800 tonnes of
First Quantum Calls Off Massive Job Cuts Amid Tax Increases in Zambia
January 28, 2019
Mining giant, First Quantum Minerals Ltd has pledged not to fire any worker in the wake of mining tax changes coming into force this year. FQM said although new tax measures were introduced on January 1st 2019, it would reduce
Brazil Suspends Search for Missing After Vale’s Dam Burst at Córrego do Feijão Mine, 40 Fatalities
January 27, 2019
Brazilian officials on Sunday suspended the search for potential survivors of a dam collapse that has killed at least 40 people amid fears that another nearby dam owned by the same company was also at risk of breaching. Authorities were
First Quantum Suspends Operations at Cobre Las Cruces After Land Slippage, Spain
January 25, 2019
First Quantum Minerals Ltd. said that during the early morning hours of January 23, a land slippage occurred on the slope of the northern zone of the open pit mine in the Cobre Las Cruces (CLC) mining hydrometallurgical complex, located
Glencore Appoints New Executives to Operate Katanga Mining
January 24, 2019
Commodity trader Glencore has tightened its control on Katanga Mining with the appointment of new executives and the signing of a management services contract to operate its troubled copper and cobalt business in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Glencore
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