UN Taps China, Which Commits Crimes Against Humanity, For New Group Protecting ‘Human Rights’ In Mining
The United Nations (U.N.) selected China — a country that perpetrates genocide and crimes against humanity — to sit on a new panel intended to advance human rights in mining of critical…
Chile dictates measures against mining company for giant sinkhole
SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Chile’s SMA environmental regulator said on Tuesday it had issued a series of measures against a copper mine owned by Canada’s Lundin Mining Corp after a sinkhole opened up…
Dems’ Climate Bill Includes Massive Tax Break For Mining Industry
Dems’ Climate Bill Includes Massive Tax Break For Mining Industry Jack McEvoy on August 15, 2022 The Democrats’ $369 billion climate spending bill includes tax breaks for the mining industry, an industry…
Analysis: Peru’s mining execs ‘lose faith’ in gov’t despite moderate shift
By Marco Aquino LIMA – Peruvian mining executives who oversee some of the world’s largest copper mines are losing whatever slim thread of faith they may have had in left-wing President Pedro…
Chile’s Codelco to restart some mining projects after worker deaths
SANTIAGO – Chile’s state-owned Codelco, the world’s top copper miner, expects to gradually restart operations at some of its mining projects on Monday, following the death of two workers earlier this month,…
Crypto lender Celsius defends bitcoin mining plans as bankruptcy kicks off
By Dietrich Knauth (Reuters) – Cryptocurrency lender Celsius Network said bitcoin mining is key to the company’s restructuring efforts at a U.S. bankruptcy court hearing on Monday in Manhattan. New Jersey-based Celsius…
France’s Macron says deep-sea mining must not go ahead
By Catarina Demony and Helen Reid LISBON – French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday a legal framework was needed to stop deep-sea mining from going ahead and urged countries to put…
Pro-Chinese Agents Conducted Fake Social Media Protests To Halt US Mining
Pro-Chinese operatives pretended to be legitimate protestors on social media to create controversy surrounding the opening of rare earth mineral mines in the US, Mandiant Corporation reported Tuesday. Fake Twitter and Facebook…
Mining firms poised to lead capital raisings in Canada, TSX CEO says
By Divya Rajagopal TORONTO – Mining companies seeking to accelerate exploration of scarce critical minerals are set to lead capital raisings in Canada this year, the chief executive officer of the Toronto…
Australia’s sex discrimination commissioner calls for urgent change in mining sector
By Praveen Menon and Byron Kaye SYDNEY – Australia’s sex discrimination commissioner has called for urgent changes in the country’s mining industry after a state government report found that sexual harassment and…
Factbox: Australia’s inquiry into sexual harassment in mining
By Praveen Menon and Byron Kaye SYDNEY – An Australian state government inquiry into abuse in the mineral-rich west has found the mining industry perpetuated a culture that led to women being…
Bolivia delays decision on lithium mining tie-ups to December
LA PAZ – Bolivia’s government will not make a final decision on potential lithium mining tie-ups with private partners until December, six months behind its initial schedule, a senior official told state…
Bolivia again delays announcement on lithium mining tie-ups
LA PAZ – Bolivia’s government on Wednesday declined to name which of six short-listed companies it would select to help mine its untapped lithium riches, with the chief of the country’s state-run…
Congo auditor says $400 million went missing from state mining company
By Stanis Bujakera and Aaron Ross KINSHASA – More than $400 million in tax advances and loans that Democratic Republic of Congo’s state mining company Gecamines said it paid to the national…
Biden Admin Blocks Yet Another Massive Mining Project, Hobbling Its Own Climate Agenda
Biden Admin Blocks Yet Another Massive Mining Project, Hobbling Its Own Climate Agenda Thomas Catenacci on May 25, 2022 The Biden administration took action Wednesday to prevent mining activity in southwest Alaska,…
Biden Wants Taxpayers To Fund Massive Mining Projects — Just Not In The US
Biden Wants Taxpayers To Fund Massive Mining Projects — Just Not In The US Thomas Catenacci on May 16, 2022 The Biden administration asked lawmakers earlier this month to allow the Pentagon…
Peru economy grows 3.79% in March, weighed down by mining protests
LIMA – Peru’s economy grew 3.79% in March compared with a year earlier, the country’s statistics agency said on Sunday, with most sectors of the economy showing improvement, while the key mining…
Pentagon asks Congress to fund mining projects in Australia, U.K
By Ernest Scheyder (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Defense has asked Congress to let it fund facilities in the United Kingdom and Australia that process strategic minerals used to make electric…
Peru to increase public spending in mining regions to curb social conflicts
LIMA – Peru will increase public spending in mining regions in a bid to de-escalate social conflicts that have impacted mining output, Finance Minister Oscar Graham said on Tuesday. Peru is the…
CEO of Mining Capital Coin Indicted in $62 Million Cryptocurrency Fraud Scheme
Miami, Florida – An indictment was unsealed yesterday charging the CEO of Mining Capital Coin (MCC), a purported cryptocurrency mining and investment platform, for allegedly orchestrating a $62 million global investment fraud…
Analysis-Peru’s Castillo hardens stance on mining protests as economy stumbles
By Marcelo Rochabrun LIMA – Peru’s leftist President Pedro Castillo has signaled a tougher stance on protests against mining companies that are roiling the Andean nation, the world’s second largest copper producer,…
Analysis-Musk’s tweets fuel mining industry’s hopes of a buyout by Tesla
By Ernest Scheyder (Reuters) – Elon Musk’s recent musings that high lithium prices may force Tesla Inc to make its own supply of the electric vehicle battery metal have fueled hopes by…
Australia’s Rio Tinto exits state mining lobby amid climate rift
(Reuters) – Rio Tinto, one of the largest Australian mining companies, on Thursday confirmed its exit from the state mining lobby group after raising concerns that its policy on expansion of coal…
U.S. blacklists Russian shipbuilder and diamond mining company
WASHINGTON – The United States blacklisted two Russian state-owned enterprises, United Shipbuilding Corp and the Alrosa diamond mining company, denying them access to the U.S. financial system over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine,…
Australia sanctions Russian billionaires with mining industry links
SYDNEY – Australia imposed sanctions on Friday on two Russian oligarchs with links to its mining industry, one of them a billionaire with an investment connection to Rio Tinto’s Gladstone alumina refinery…
Increased mining supply pushing Peruvian currency higher -cenbank
LIMA – A greater supply of dollars from the mining sector in Peru – the world’s No. 2 copper producer – is pushing up the local sol currency, which has risen around…
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