Rio Tinto warning may rupture mining industry into green and dirty
Rio Tinto's warning to mining lobby groups that they have to acknowledge the threat of climate change is likely a sign that the industry will inevitably fracture into two camps.
Rio Tinto's warning to mining lobby groups that they have to acknowledge the threat of climate change is likely a sign that the industry will inevitably fracture into two camps.
Opponents to mining projects in South Africa are often harassed, threatened and sometimes even killed, according to a report by a group of human rights advocates including Human Rights Watch.
The probe was prompted by a petition filed by two uranium mining companies, complaining that subsidized foreign competitors have caused them to cut capacity and lay off workers.
Investment will go towards more drilling, orebody studies, infrastructure improvements and permitting activities.
Members of the community of Tacrara were demanding compensation for the use of a road that, according to them, Hudbay’s trucks were not supposed to be using.
Gold has been consolidating high, quietly basing before its next challenge to major $1350 bull-market resistance.
The rare earths miner said its board had concluded it would not engage with retail and industrial conglomerate Wesfarmers, stating its unsolicited takeover offer undervalues Lynas' intellectual property.
World’s largest CO2 pipeline is being built in Alberta, but underground sequestering of carbon gets little love from governments.
Development envisions an open pit gold mine that could be in production for almost 15 years.
Lynas, one of the world’s main suppliers of rare earths outside China, said it was open to processing materials closer to its Australian mine if that meant it can renew its licence in the Southeast Asian country.