... said.
“The need is becoming critical as more countries ban cyanide and we are seeing more disasters as aging tailings dams fail and spill noxious waste into the environment.”
He added that combining ...
... in climate patterns have the potential to damage fixed assets and disrupt supply chains.
“Key areas of concern for ICMM members are water management, the performance of facilities with long lifespans ...
... GRID-Arendal globally.
“Tailing dams are getting bigger and bigger. Mining companies have found most of the highest-grade ores and are now mining lower-grade ones, which create more waste. With this ...
... succession process led by South32 Independent Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Nomination and Governance Committee, Wayne Osborn.
VALE
Following the controversy of the Brumadinho tailings dam ...
Brazil’s spate of iron ore mine and tailings dam calamities is proving a game-changer for global iron ore pellet feed markets, according to the developer of a proposed new US$1.5 billion magnetite iron ...
According to Brazilian media reports, Vale SA was ordered by a Brazilian court to suspend operations at two more dams, requesting that the world’s largest iron ore miner proves the structures are stable. ...
A damdisaster in Brazil has left 60 people dead and more than 300 missing, calling into questin the safety record of iron major – Vale.
CEO Fabio Schvartsman flies over Brumadinho after ...
Samarco and its owners BHP and its joint-venture partner Vale have reached a deal with Brazilian public authorities to settle a US$5.3 billion lawsuit related to the 2015 Bento Rodrigues damdisaster that ...
... swept the gold-rich region on the island of Luzon in the wake of super typhoon Mangkhut. Damage from the storm is believed to have been exacerbated by widespread illegal small-scale mining operations, ...
... is on behalf of BHP investors, and alleges that BHP had violated its continuous disclosure obligations by failing to inform the market of the imminent risk of the failure of the dam and the likely catastrophic ...
Samarco and its owners BHP and its joint-venture partner Vale have reached a deal with Brazilian public authorities to settle a US$5.3 billion lawsuit related to the 2015 Bento Rodrigues damdisaster that ...
... to mean that the effort of compliance should be commensurate with the benefits achieved or the harm avoided.
Ecological damage caused in the past must be repaired or mitigated in some way.
Other major ...
... due to the generation of acidic and heavy metal-laden water, erosion of mine waste dumps and vulnerability of tailings dams to geological hazards.
She added that records showed that most of the mining ...
... damaging impacts to communities, mine footprints and CO2 emissions from mining.
Seafloor mining has potential to minimize the impact of mining by producing more copper with fewer natural capital inputs, ...
... meet world copper demand while reducing fresh water use and contamination, damaging impacts to communities, mine footprints and CO2 emissions from copper mining.
Seafloor mining has the potential to ...
... and domestic industry. The mining and resources sector is now quite literally global. If a developer of property had to deal with fundamentally different zoning rules in city, it would eventually move ...
... of the Masbate mine site once winds died down and confirmed that no major damage was sustained to any site facilities and infrastructure. The all clear signal was given to staff on Sunday evening.
The ...
... activity at Yunnan Tin’s mixed-metals Lian Nan Country Damaishan Mine has been suspended since February 16, 2012, due to a local-government order for a complete review of mining operations following a ...
... are designed around Headwall’s patented aberration-corrected diffraction gratings, which can deliver exceptionally low stray light and spatial and spectral resolution. These characteristics are fundamental ...
More than half a million dollars’ worth of Komatsu machinery damaged in the 2011 Queensland floods has been remediated and donated to training organizations as a learning tool for Australian apprentices. ...