Trafigura says accused fraudster’s wife not a bystander
Mining News Pro - Commodities trader Trafigura Group, which is investigating a $577 million nickel fraud, had an asset freeze extended to the alleged fraudster’s wife, saying in a London court that she is not a “wholly innocent bystander.”
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Barrick’s Tanzania gold mine hit by new police abuse accusations
Mining News Pro - A corporate watchdog is alleging that local police are killing and assaulting villagers around a Tanzanian mine owned by Barrick Gold Corp. The Canadian miner denies that it is responsible for police conduct.
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Vulcan Energy accused of misleading investors with positive PFS
Mining News Pro - Vulcan Energy Resources is alleged to have misled investors by issuing a positive pre-feasibility study (PFS) with key assumptions provided by consulting companies owned by management, according to a new report from US-based short-seller J Capital Research.
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Forces combine to study CCUS opportunities in the NT
Mining News Pro - The Northern Territory government has joined forces with the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) and a number of oil and gas companies to develop a path towards rapid emissions reduction across the energy sector in Northern Australia.
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Centerra accuses Kumtor managers of destroying mine's long-term viability
Mining News Pro - Canadian mining company Centerra, whose Kumtor mine the Kyrgyzstan government seized earlier this year, has accused the mine managers of chasing quick profits by mining only high-grade ore, destroying the asset’s long-term viability.
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Glencore and China Huaneng Group sign MOU on CCUS project
Mining News Pro - China Huaneng Group Clean Energy Research Institute and Carbon Capture Transport and Storage Company of Glencore have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the cooperation on carbon capture utilisation and storage (CCUS) technology.
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Brazil prosecutors accuse BHP, Vale of colluding to reduce payouts to disaster victims
Mining News Pro - Brazilian federal prosecutors have accused mining giants BHP and Vale of colluding with a lawyer to reduce compensation for victims of a fatal dam collapse and interfere with a landmark lawsuit against BHP in the UK.
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Rio Tinto vows reform as Australian lawmaker accuses industry of cultural genocide
Mining News Pro - Outgoing Rio Tinto Chief Executive Jean-Sébastien Jacques said on Friday the miner was committed to reform after a lawmaker accused the industry of incremental cultural genocide at an Australian inquiry into the destruction of an ancient cave.
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Fortuna Silver Mines’ subsidiary cleared from responsibility following accusations of water contamination in Mexico
Mining News Pro - Mexico’s Federal Attorney for Environmental Protection issued a report stating that the subsidiary of Canada’s Fortuna Silver Mines, Compañía Minera Cuzcatlán, hasn’t caused any pollution to rainwater collection ponds in the Magdalena Ocotlán municipality in the southern Oaxaca state
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Palmer in hot water amid ASIC accusations of dishonesty
Mining News Pro - Mining magnate Clive Palmer has been charged with fraud and dishonest use of his position as a director to gain a benefit or advantage.
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Nornickel fights cover-up accusations over Arctic oil spill
Mining News Pro - Pressure is mounting on Russian mining company Norilsk Nickel over an Arctic oil spill that has wiped about 17% off its share price, left it with a hefty compensation bill and exposed it to accusations of covering up the full extent of the damage.
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Papua New Guinea accuses Barrick of plan to illegally export gold
Mining News Pro - Papua New Guinea`s mining regulator said on Friday it is planning to bring criminal proceedings against a Barrick Gold joint venture over what it says was an attempt to illegally export $13-million in silver and gold to Australia.
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Mexico’s Adularia accused of polluting water wells in Guanajuato
Mining News Pro - The Mining, Metallurgical, Siderurgical and Similar Workers Union of the Mexican Republic, known as Los Mineros, denounced this weekend that Minera Adularia Exploración, a mining company linked to New York-based The Electrum Group, has been polluting the Neutla community freshwater supply.
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Tesla, Apple among firms accused of aiding child labor in Africa
Mining News Pro - Five of the world’s largest tech companies have been accused of being complicit in the death of children in Africa forced to mine cobalt, a metal used to make telephones and computers, in a landmark lawsuit.
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Rio Tinto ‘strongly refutes’ Oyu Tolgoi legal accusations
Mining News Pro - Rio Tinto is facing another blow at the Oyu Tolgoi project in Mongolia with a non-governmental organisation (NGO) initiating a lawsuit relating to the project’s development and finalisation.
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Trafigura accused of throttling Nyrstar with lopsided zinc deals
Mining News Pro - Commodities trader Trafigura Group Ltd. used its influence at Nyrstar NV, one of the world’s biggest zinc refiners, to undermine the company and unfairly enrich itself, a group of Nyrstar shareholders has alleged.
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Amnesty accuses electric vehicles makers of using unethically sourced minerals
Mining News Pro - Human rights advocate Amnesty International has accused the electric vehicle (EV) industry of selling itself as environmentally friendly while most of the batteries they produce use polluting fossil fuels and unethically sourced minerals.
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