Northern Dynasty Minerals’ (TSX: NDM) shares jumped Aug. 19 after the company revealed that the Alaska Republican Party officially endorsed its proposed Pebble copper-gold-molybdenum mine. The stock climbed almost 5%…
Northern Dynasty Minerals (TSX: NDM; NYSE: NAK) said on Aug. 13 that the Pebble Partnership has written to the Inspectors General of the U.S. Army, the U.S. Department of Defense…
The Independent Planning Commission of Australia’s New South Wales government approved a US$607-million extension of Whitehaven Coal’s (ASX: WHC) Vickery coal mine near Boggabri, in the state’s northwest. The approval,…
The Global Tailings Review (GTR) has released the first-ever Global Industry Standard on Tailings Management, aimed at strengthening best practices around tailings dams in the mining sector, with the goal…
Chile’s environmental watchdog said it would charge BHP’s (NYSE, LSE: BHP) Escondida copper mine, the world’s largest, with drawing more water than its permits allowed for nearly 15 years. The…
Vale (NYSE: Vale) announced on July 29 that it started, on a preventive basis, the Level 1 emergency protocol for Barragem 5 dam, at Mina da Mutuca, Nova Lima, in the…
Putting nature above business considerations has the potential to generate 395 million jobs and US$10 trillion in business opportunities by 2030, the World Economic Forum (WEF) says in a new…
Russian mining company Norilsk Nickel reported that a pipeline belonging to Norilsktransgaz, which is part of the Norilsk Nickel Group, depressurized during the transfer of aviation fuel in the vicinity…
Antofagasta’s (LSE: ANTO) Twin Metals Minnesota has received formal notice that its planned copper-nickel-cobalt-platinum metals mine will be assessed through a federal environmental review. The U.S. government’s Bureau of Land…
The demand for raw materials used to manufacture rechargeable batteries for electric vehicles (EVs) will grow rapidly as the importance of oil as a source of energy recedes, according to…
Fortescue Metals Group (ASX: FMG), the world’s fourth largest iron ore producer, has brought forward a self-imposed deadline to be carbon-neutral by 2040, ten years earlier than its closest rivals…
In the coming decades, the ability to combine massively reduced greenhouse gas emissions with wider business goals will be the hallmark of successful mining companies. Climate change is recognized by…
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