Falcondo’s plan to mine the Loma Miranda area was considered controversial.

The US Army Corps of Engineers has accepted the request to appeal the latest refusal to grant a water licence to the copper-gold-molybdenum project.

Around a dozen companies are said to make their next investments elsewhere.

The Vancouver- based clean-energy startup is developing a zinc-based hybrid flow battery for large-scale electricity storage.

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The iron ore miner is confident in the trajectory of copper in 2021.