The Canadian miner is moving full-speed with construction of its Kakula — the stage one, six-million-tonne-per-annum (6 Mtpa) operation — that is part of the vast Kamoa-Kakula copper mining complex.
Though traditionally slow in adopting technological innovations, miners are increasingly adopting blockchains and smart contracts as a source of productivity and transparency gains.
According to documents released late Thursday, EPA staff scientists voiced their concerns about key permits for the NorthMet project issued by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) in late 2018.
Discovery comes on the heels of a government's study showing the miner's Cascabel project will be one of the world’s ten largest copper, silver and gold mines.