Ex-FBI leader advises Fenix nickel mine in Guatemala after US drops sanctions
A former FBI director is helping a billion-dollar nickel mine in Guatemala reopen after United States sanctions shut it for alleged Russian bribery. Louis Freeh,…
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Australia’s Sandfire ‘extremely sorry’ for damage to Aboriginal artefacts
Sandfire Resources (ASX: SFR) said on Thursday it had become aware it had destroyed Aboriginal artefacts at its Western Australia-based DeGrussa copper operations, which were placed…
Nearly one-third of tailings dams close to protected areas – study
Nearly a third of the world’s mine tailings are stored within or near protected conservation areas, posing risks to some of the earth’s most precious…
JV Video: EY highlights access to capital as key concern for miners
Concern over access to capital against the urgent need for trillion-dollar investment to meet metal demands for the energy transition emerged as a critical industry…
JV Video: Osisko Development targets greener impacts
Osisko Development (TSXV: ODV; NYSE: ODV) accelerates brownfield projects with mechanization and environmentally-friendly underground footprints, CEO and chairman Sean Roosen says. The co-founder of Canadian…
New kids book aims to get girls into mining
Move over Dora the Explorer — another Latina heroine and adventurer is here and she’s ready to teach kids about mining. Like Dora, Ana likes…
CMS: How to fix ‘everyone needs us but no one likes us’
The industry must confront its dark past of disasters to attract new investors and offer project stakes to local towns to improve environmental, social and…
Video: TMX panel discusses hard ESG issues
Mining companies face difficult decisions about environmental, social and governance issues to attract new investors, according to a panel sponsored by The TMX Group at…
Raising capital now biggest risk to mining companies after ESG, says EY report
Global mining and metals executives still view environment, social and governance (ESG) as the top risk facing their business over the next 12 months, but…
Five ‘good practices’ for integrating ESG in mining
Contrary to popular perception, the mining industry has been responding to what we like to call “ESG” concerns since the environmental movements of the 1970s….
BHP’s Thomas leads world’s largest potash project with targets on emissions, hiring
Simon Thomas, head of BHP’s (NYSE: BHP; LSE: BHP; ASX: BHP) Jansen potash project in Saskatchewan with a stage-one cost of US$5.7 billion, has returned…
Rio Tinto releases interactive map of tailings facilities
Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO; ASX: RIO) disclosed Friday detailed information on 14 of its global tailings facilities and their progress towards conforming with…