UNEP, ethical investors join miners’ quest for global tailings rules
Currently there are no set of universal rules defining exactly what a tailings dam is, how to build one and how to care for it after it is decommissioned.
B2Gold to invest $50 million in Fekola mine expansion
It could take the Malian mine gold output to 7.5-million…
Brazil’s Vale iron ore output rose 8% in 4th quarter
For all of 2018, Vale's output was 384.639 million tonnes,…
SNC Lavalin ‘appalled and surprised’ as Codelco cancels $260m contract
SNC says it had recently updated Codelco on the status…
Argentina mining gets Macri boost as tough election looms
Argentina is eyeing its first major new mining project in…