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Mosaic suspends phosphate mines in Brazil after new rules for dams

It is unclear how long the dams' suspension will last.

Reuters | April 11, 2019 | 3:16 pm

$6 billion private capital ready to invest in mining

Fundraising by unlisted funds for investment in natural resource reached a record $93 billion last year.

Frik Els | April 5, 2019 | 12:39 pm

Conservation group raises concerns over proposed Canadian potash mine

CanPacific Potash plans a new 3.25 million tonne per year solution potash mine and submitted its environmental impact assessment to the province in January.

Global News | April 4, 2019 | 9:28 am

Cannabis mania mows down Canada’s junior mining sector

There is enough evidence to conclude that risk capital has found a new home, a BDO report shows. The question now is, how and where will junior miners find the capital needed to sustain their businesses?

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 2, 2019 | 3:08 am

Sirius Minerals puts alternative plan for potash project on the table

The Woodsmith mine will be one of the world’s largest in terms of the amount of resources extracted — It's set to generate an initial 10 million tonnes per year of polyhalite, a form of potash used in plant fertilizers.

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 12, 2019 | 6:02 am

Amazon rainforest’s riches up for grabs as Brazil to open indigenous reserves to mining

Brazil’s new right-wing government is going ahead with announced changes to current mining regulations, which include a controversial plan to open up indigenous reserves to mining.

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 8, 2019 | 9:00 am

Canadian miners had a tough 2018, but optimism remains — EY

Ernst & Young’s Canadian Mining Eye index, which tracks the performance of 100 Toronto Stock Exchange and TSX Venture Exchange mid-tier and junior miners — dropped 2% in the last quarter of 2018.

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 21, 2019 | 9:00 am

Mining stocks rally as copper price hits 7-month high

BHP, Anglo American touch one-year highs.

Frik Els | February 20, 2019 | 1:03 pm

BHP urges miners to create global body to oversee tailings dams

CEO Andrew Mackenzie said it was too early to say what impact the recent Vale tailings dam disaster will have on efforts to restart BHP and Vale's jointly owned Samarco mine, shut since November 2015 after a dam collapse killed 19 people.

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 19, 2019 | 3:20 am

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Nutrien is a possible takeover target for BHP, analyst says

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