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Waterton steps up efforts to oust Hudbay Minerals CEO, board of directors

Toronto-based private-equity firm Waterton Global Resource Management is pushing for an overhaul of Hudbay Minerals’ board and the exit of the CEO, Alan Hair, over alleged "mismanagement."

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 19, 2019 | 4:55 am

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

Copper cops play game of cat and mouse around desert convoys

The new police unit has already had some success, arresting 11 people and seizing about 60 tons of mineral stolen from the copper mines.

Bloomberg News | February 18, 2019 | 2:00 pm

Buybacks and bumper profits on the cards as mining giants report

Big mining has remained stubbornly focused on shareholder returns, rather than spending on acquisitions and big-ticket projects.

Bloomberg News | February 18, 2019 | 10:52 am

Grasberg hasn’t received new copper export permit

Indonesia forecast copper concentrate exports to drop to 200,000 tonnes in 2019 from about 1.2 million tonnes last year.

Reuters | February 18, 2019 | 10:10 am

Australian mine to host first of its kind clean energy storage facility

Terramin's Angas zinc mine will host a 5 MW Advanced Compressed Air Energy Storage facility.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | February 17, 2019 | 5:42 pm

Recommissioned Aussie mine dispatches first nickel concentrate shipment to China

Panoramic Resources' first shipment from the Savannah mine contained 7,735 wmt of nickel/copper/cobalt concentrate valued in approximately $6.1 million.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | February 17, 2019 | 9:06 am

IBM steps up efforts to help miners improve health and safety records

The company is working with several wearable technology providers so companies can monitor biometric and environmental data to identify whether employees are experiencing dangers or risk, beyond a equipment failure.

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 16, 2019 | 7:25 am

Plunging inventories have zinc bulls ready to run

Could we be looking at another run in the zinc price like in 2017, when it spiked from $1.19 a pound to $1.61 within only six months (+35%)?

Rick Mills | February 15, 2019 | 12:26 pm

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Waterton steps up efforts to oust Hudbay Minerals CEO, board of directors

BHP urges miners to create global body to oversee tailings dams

Copper cops play game of cat and mouse around desert convoys

Buybacks and bumper profits on the cards as mining giants report

Grasberg hasn’t received new copper export permit

Australian mine to host first of its kind clean energy storage facility

Recommissioned Aussie mine dispatches first nickel concentrate shipment to China

IBM steps up efforts to help miners improve health and safety records

Plunging inventories have zinc bulls ready to run

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