Codelco defends lithium deal ahead of SQM shareholder meeting
Chile’s state copper company Codelco defended its proposed lithium production tie-up with SQM in response to criticism that the negotiation process has been opaque.
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Panama to defend interests in First Quantum case, official says
Panama will defend its interests in a legal dispute with Canadian miner First Quantum, Panama’s deputy finance minister told Reuters on Monday.
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Panama electoral court says it can’t hold a mine referendum
Mining News Pro - Panama’s electoral court said it can’t organize a referendum over a flagship copper mine owned by First Quantum Minerals Ltd., as requested by President Laurentino Cortizo on Sunday, because that would require congress to first pass a law.
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China’s limits on chip metals self-defeating
Mining News Pro - China will only harm itself with planned restrictions on the export of two metals used in the semiconductor, telecommunications and electric-vehicle industries, White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said.
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Billionaire Robert Friedland comes out in defence of Teck
Mining News Pro - Billionaire Robert Friedland has become the latest prominent figure in the Canadian mining industry to come out in defence of Teck Resources, which is facing a hostile $23.1bn takeover bid from Swiss commodities giant Glencore.
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Vale, Tüv Süd and 16 people become defendants for the Brumadinho disaster
Mining News Pro - The Brazilian Federal Court has accepted the complaint filed by the Federal Public Ministry (MPF) against 16 people and the companies Vale and Tüv Süd for the rupture of the Córrego do Feijão dam in Brumadinho.
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Russia’s Potanin weighs big metals merger as defence against sanctions
Mining News Pro - Russian businessman Vladimir Potanin has said he is ready to discuss a possible merger between his mining group Nornickel and aluminium producer Rusal, a move that could strengthen their defences against any possible Western sanctions against them.
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UK coal mine’s climate impact is ‘indefensible,’ watchdog says
Mining News Pro - Plans to build the UK’s first deep coal mine in three decades are “absolutely indefensible” because the resulting pollution would blow holes through the nation’s pledge to reduce emissions by 2050, the climate change watchdog said.
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US bill would block defense contractors from using Chinese rare earths
Mining News Pro - A bipartisan piece of legislation introduced in the U.S. Senate on Friday would force defense contractors to stop buying rare earths from China by 2026 and use the Pentagon to create a permanent stockpile of the strategic minerals.
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Serbia may decide fate of Rio Tinto’s lithium project in referendum
Mining News Pro - Serbia’s President, Aleksandar Vucic, may seek voter approval for Rio Tinto’s Jadar lithium project near the city of Loznica, in western Serbia, as community opposition grows.
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ABR defers phased approach for Fort Cady
Mining News Pro - American Pacific Borates (ABR) has announced plans to defer Phase 1A of its Fort Cady borate mine, in Southern California.
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Barrick refers Senegal tax dispute to arbitration
Mining News Pro - Canadian bullion major Barrick Gold has confirmed a tax claim by the Senegalese Revenue Authority (SRA) to the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) for arbitration.
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Glencore chair defends pay plan for new CEO
Gary Nagle, the handpicked successor of outgoing CEO Ivan Glasenberg, facing scrutiny over pay package.
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GFG Alliance defends Tahmoor Coal, OneSteel future
Mining News Pro - The collapse of German financier Greensill Capital has thrown the future of the GFG Alliance into jeopardy, with Australia’s Whyalla steel mill and Tahmoor Coal caught in the crossfire.
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TerraCom defends Blair Athol coal authenticity
Mining News Pro - TerraCom has denied allegations that it was involved in a fake coal sampling investigation at the Blair Athol mine in Queensland, stating that they are an unfair reflection of TerraCom’s actions.
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Northam preferential share buyout of Zambezi to be expedited
Mining News Pro - Platinum group metals miner Northam reports that, following the early maturity of its black economic empowerment (BEE) transaction with Zambezi Platinum, preferential shares in Zambezi will be delisted from the JSE and, as such, share terms will change.
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Glencore refutes Molefe`s State capture inquiry testimony
Mining News Pro - Diversified miner Glencore says the suggestion that it had involved President Cyril Ramaphosa, who used to be the chairperson of the Optimum coal mine, in the acquisition of Optimum Coal Holdings (OCH) with a view to, or with the expectation of leveraging his influence to achieve amendments to OCH`s coal supply agreement (CSA) with power utility Eskom is "false and baseless".
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Botswana names Canadian firm as preferred bidder for copper mine
Mining News Pro - Botswana picked Premium Nickel Resources Corp. as the preferred bidder for its shuttered copper mining group BCL Ltd., according to Mmetla Masire, the permanent secretary for the Ministry of Mineral Resources, Green Technology and Energy Security.
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UK defends approval of first deep coal mine in 30 years
Mining News Pro - Despite pressure from the UK’s climate change advisors, Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s office says it will not intervene in Cumbria County Council’s decision to approve the country’s first new deep coal mine in 30 years.
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Gender diversity grows at ‘slower than preferred rate’
Mining News Pro - Gender diversity in the mining sector has increased by just 1 per cent in the past year, according to Workplace Gender Equality Agency data.
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Evolution set on Tier 1 preferences
Mining News Pro - Evolution Mining chairman Jake Klein is optimistic that gold will remain robust in the long term despite prices dipping following positive news towards the development of a COVID-19 vaccine.
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Macmahon named preferred tenderer for $250m Foxleigh project
Mining News Pro - Macmahon Holdings has won the status of preferred tenderer for equipment hire and maintenance services at the Foxleigh joint venture project in Queensland.
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Northam buys back a further 37m Zambezi preference shares
Mining News Pro - Platinum group metals miner Northam has acquired an additional 37.17-million preference shares in Zambezi Platinum for about R3.5-billion, taking Northam’s preference share holding in Zambezi to about 70%.
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Australian state defers Adani coal mine royalties ahead of election
Mining News Pro - The Australian state of Queensland has agreed to defer royalty payments for Adani Enterprise`s Carmichael thermal coal mine, the state`s treasurer said on Thursday.
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Ecuador referendums can only apply to future mining rights
Mining News Pro - The Ecuador Constitutional Court on Monday ruled that referendums relating to mining activities would be allowed, but that they would only apply to future mining rights that were not yet granted and that they could not be retroactively applied to concessions granted prior to the referendum.
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