Brazil’s hidden treasures
Country still takes baby steps when it comes to research and exploration compared to major producers like Canada and Australia, or even neighbors Chile and Peru.
Country still takes baby steps when it comes to research and exploration compared to major producers like Canada and Australia, or even neighbors Chile and Peru.
Gold price falls $70 an ounce, copper drops over 3% and iron ore rout accelerates, sending shares in major mining companies skidding.
Group says the company has not formally committed to review the terms of an iron ore mine development that would let it destroy 124 culturally significant sites.
The industry contributed 8.1% of South Africa’s GDP last year, from a peak of more than 20% in the 1980s.
Plans the miner had to destroy several heritage sites are now on ice.
None of 42 projects is on track, says the UN, alleging that miners had failed to provide effective reparations since Brazil's worst environmental disaster.
BHP said gag clauses in land agreements won't be enforced if Aboriginal groups publicly object to its management of their cultural heritage.
Company still may not be off the hook with investors after it confirmed departing executives will retain incentive payments worth millions of dollars.
Opposition MP Américo De Grazia issued a statement saying that the National Liberation Army controls the Orinoco Mining Arc.
The company said it was determining which approvals would require further engagement with Indigenous stakeholders if they were to mine or explore in the areas.