US, Canada, Indigenous groups to collaborate on reducing river pollution from BC coal mines

The United States and Canada announced Monday they have agreed to cooperate to reduce and mitigate the impacts of water pollution from coal mines originating in British Columbia’s Elk-Kootenay watershed.

US court sides with Apple, Tesla, other tech companies over child labor in Africa

A federal appeals court on Tuesday refused to hold five major technology companies liable over their alleged support for the use of child labor in cobalt mining operations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Canada and Australia boost collaboration on critical minerals

Canada and Australia have agreed to promote shared priorities related to the extraction, processing, and refining of critical minerals, they said in a joint statement on Monday.

Epiroc collaborates on critical minerals

Mining News Pro - Epiroc is partnering with European consortium Smart Exploration on research dedicated to minerals and metals that are innovation-critical in the net-zero push.

US requests labor review at mine owned by Mexican billionaire

Mining News Pro - The US is asking a panel to review a labor dispute at a mine in Mexico owned by billionaire German Larrea.

Canada probes Nike, Dynasty Gold over alleged use of forced labor in China

Mining News Pro - Canada’s corporate ethics watchdog launched separate investigations into Nike Canada and Dynasty Gold to probe allegations that they used or benefited from forced Uyghur labor in their supply chains and operations in China.

Mexican president pushes new labor minister to resolve Grupo Mexico conflict

Mining News Pro - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Thursday said he will ask incoming Labor Minister Marath Bolanos to meet with mining company Grupo Mexico and a top union leader to attempt to resolve labor disputes stretching back more than a decade.

China slams Canada PM Trudeau’s slave labor comment, threatens ‘consequences

Mining News Pro - China sharply criticized Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s comment that linked Chinese-produced lithium to slave labor, and warned Canada could face consequences if it continues “denigrating maliciously” the human rights situation in China.

US detains Chinese aluminum suspected of forced-labor origin

Mining News Pro - The US is beginning to detain imports of aluminum products suspected of being made through forced labor, particularly from China’s Xinjiang region, according to one of the world’s biggest shipping firms.

Escondida mine workers announce strike amid labor demands

Mining News Pro - Union members will stop operations in all their shifts during the strike but will provide minimum services, Sindicato 1, which represents more than 2,000 workers, said in a statement.

Labor pledges funds for local raw minerals processing

Mining News Pro - A Labor Government will expand Australia’s mining science technology capability, create jobs and ensure a greater share of raw materials are processed in the country.

Gold price shoots higher on US labor data disappointment

Mining News Pro - Gold prices advanced past the key $1,750 level on Thursday as investors sought haven after a new labor report pointed to an uneven recovery in the US jobs market.

Intertek minerals laboratory to tackle global testing backlog

Mining News Pro - Global product analysis company Intertek has officially opened one of the world’s largest and most technologically advanced minerals laboratories in Perth, Western Australia.

Minnovare, LiveMine combine for client-driven collaboration

Mining News Pro - Minnovare and LiveMine have partnered to share data across their drill optimisation technologies, streamlining the recording and management of data for their customers.

Tools enabling collaborative impact monitoring

Mining News Pro - Most mining impacts and challenges are local and occur at site level. Two recently developed tools are being used to enable collaborative impact monitoring and engagement with mining companies at mine-site level.

OZ Minerals collaborates with Epiroc on sustainable mining project

Mining News Pro - Epiroc has led the establishment of a carbon-neutral sustainable mining initiative to enable more efficient operations.

ABB, Hitachi to collaborate on electric mining technology

Mining News Pro - ABB and Hitachi Construction Machinery have agreed to work together to develop electric, automated and digital solutions for mining trucks and excavators.

Collaboration needed to overcome Covid-19

Mining News Pro - Various mining-affiliated parties met on January 28 to discuss efforts to mitigate the spread of Covid-19 and to help the mining industry, its employees and mining-affected communities to tackle the challenge.

Rainbow completes drilling at Phalaborwa rare earths project

Mining News Pro - Rainbow Rare Earths has completed an auger drilling programme at the Phalaborwa rare earths project, in South Africa.

Codelco reaches advance labor deal at Chuquicamata

Mining News Pro - Chile’s state-owned Codelco, the world’s top copper producer, said Tuesday it had reached a labor agreement ahead of schedule with the union of supervisors at its Chuquicamata mine.

Rainbow completes Phalaborwa due diligence

Mining News Pro - Rainbow Rare Earths has completed an initial due diligence of the Phalaborwa rare earths project, in South Africa.

BHP’s Spence mine strikes early labor deal with supervisors union

Mining News Pro - Chile’s Spence copper mine, owned by BHP Group Ltd, said on Saturday it had struck an early deal with its union of supervisors on a contract that will run until November 2023.

Union at Collahuasi copper mine agrees to labor deal

Mining News Pro - Management and the union at Chile’s Collahuasi copper mine have come to an agreement in labor talks, staving off the threat of a strike at the sprawling deposit, a source with knowledge of the discussions said.

Supervisors at Escondida copper mine fail to reach labor deal

Mining News Pro - The union of supervisors at Chile’s Escondida mine, the world’s largest copper deposit, said it had rejected BHP´s final offer in contract negotiations, raising the specter of a strike.

Recovery plan advancing amid ‘unprecedented’ collaboration

Mining News Pro - Business for South Africa’s (B4SA’s) Martin Kingston has described the current level of cooperation and collaboration between labour, government, civil society and business as “unprecedented” and reports that the social partners are making good progress in their attempts to reach agreement on a post-Covid-19 economic recovery plan.

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