More than 720,000 Brazilians are suing BHP over the 2015 collapse of the Fundao dam, which was owned and operated by the Samarco joint venture between BHP and Vale.
Teck tops the list of approvals after receiving a rubber stamp on the detailed environmental impact assessment and the confirmation of its surface rights for its Zafranal copper project.
Largest drill program since 2007 in the FDN district in southeast Ecuador has confirmed the continuity and expansion potential of recent discoveries Bonza Sur and FDNS.