Miners rate social licence, climate change as top concerns. Really?
Columnist Clyde Russell calls miners' motivation to tackle climate issues into question.
Columnist Clyde Russell calls miners' motivation to tackle climate issues into question.
The world's largest miner is moving from keeping a social licence to creating value for its stakeholders.
The deal ups Zijin’s holding to 13.88% from 9.8% and reduces Friedland’s to 13.2%, leaving two Chinese companies as the Canadian miner’s top shareholders.
This is not the first time the Río Blanco gold-silver project is targeted.
The MSHA’s announcement may make it seem as if the rule’s fate is finally settled, but that’s far from the truth.
Trump created the United States Nuclear Fuel Working Group in July to help uranium miners and nuclear industry struggling with foreign competition.
It's the latest initiative in eastern DRC to improve systems meant to show minerals entering global supply chains come from mines that don’t use child labour or fund warlords and corrupt soldiers.
MINING.com is now part of Glacier Media's Resource Innovation Group.
Move comes as the world’s biggest steelmaker seeks to cut debt by divesting non-core businesses.
The years-long evaluation of and legal battle over Dominga has drawn criticism from the business community and conservative politicians.