- 1. Adapting to a changing climate on ICMM’s agenda
- (Leading Developments)
- ... 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 ...
- Created on 21 April 2020
- 2. World-first public database of mine tailings dams aims to prevent deadly disasters
- (Latest)
- ... 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 ...
- Created on 29 January 2020
- 3. ON THE MOVE - Q2 2019
- (People)
- ... 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 ...
- Created on 24 July 2019
- 4. Squeeze from Brazil’s iron ore disasters will favour US$1.5b magnetite pellet feed project
- (Latest)
- 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 ...
- Created on 11 April 2019
- 5. Vale SA ordered to suspend operations in two more dams
- (Latest)
- 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. ...
- Created on 21 March 2019
- 6. Dam rupture at Brumadinho mine in Brazil claims lives
- (Latest)
- A dam disaster 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 ...
- Created on 31 January 2019
- 7. BHP and Vale reach settlement with Brazilian authorities over Samarco dam disaster
- (Around the Region)
- 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 dam disaster that ...
- Created on 29 September 2018
- 8. Duterte vows to end all Philippines mining following disaster
- (Latest)
- ... 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, ...
- Created on 21 September 2018
- 9. BHP faces Samarco class action
- (Latest)
- ... 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 ...
- Created on 27 July 2018
- 10. BHP and Vale reach settlement with Brazilian authorities over Samarco dam disaster
- (Latest)
- 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 dam disaster that ...
- Created on 29 June 2018
- 11. Industrial Ecology in mining – now there’s a thought!
- (Waste to Energy)
- ... 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 ...
- Created on 29 July 2017
- 12. Philippines to ban open pit mining
- (Latest)
- ... 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 ...
- Created on 02 May 2017
- 13. Fewer enviro and social impacts
- (Around the Region)
- ... 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, ...
- Created on 18 August 2015
- 14. PAPUA NEW GUINEA – Lower impacts from Solwara 1
- (Latest)
- ... 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 ...
- Created on 07 June 2015
- 15. The case for harmonizing mining and resources laws
- (Legally Speaking)
- ... 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 ...
- Created on 29 April 2015
- 16. PHILIPPINES - No typhoon impact for Masbate mine
- (Latest)
- ... 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 ...
- Created on 12 December 2014
- 17. CHINA - Yunnan Tin to buy iron ore mines
- (December 2013)
- ... 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 ...
- Created on 23 December 2013
- 18. SUPPLIERS - PAS partners with Headwall
- (October 2013)
- ... 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 ...
- Created on 16 October 2013
- 19. SUPPLIERS - Komatsu donates equipment for training
- (July 2013)
- 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. ...
- Created on 02 July 2013
- 20. CHINA - China Gold helps with Tibet landslide
- (April 2013)
- ... implemented in our future operations.” China Gold’s Jiama copper-polymetallic mine production facilities are about 10km away from the disaster site. No substantial impact or damage has occurred at the ...
- Created on 08 April 2013