According to the Responsible Mining Foundation, most of the companies assessed show little or no evidence of efforts to strengthen the gender balance of their leadership and governance teams.
Aurelia Metals is in talks with the Swiss miner and commodity trader about a possible acquisition of CSA underground mine, which produced 48,000 tonnes of copper concentrate last year.
Ernst & Young’s Canadian Mining Eye index — which tracks the performance of 100 Toronto Stock Exchange and TSX Venture Exchange mid-tier and junior mining companies — rose 5% fin the January-March period.
This second major cash injection brings the Chinese miner's total investment in Ivanhoe to $1 billion, which gives the Canadian company the equity cushion required to build its massive Kamoa-Kakula copper mine.