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Minas Gerais asks court to block Vale assets worth $4.7 bn
Brazil’s Minas Gerais state authorities and federal prosecutors have asked a judge to order Vale to pay for economic losses and other damages stemming from last year’s deadly Brumadinho tailings dam disaster, which killed 270 people. The authorities have sent a joint...
Codelco gets $22 million refund from insurance fraud
Chile’s Codelco, the world’s top copper producer, has secured a $22 million-refund corresponding to damages caused to the company and its workers as a result of life insurance overpricing between 2005 and 2018. The state-owned miner filed a lawsuit in January after an...
Nevada Copper resumes production at Pumpkin Hollow
Nevada Copper has restarted milling operations at its Pumpkin Hollow underground project, following the temporary suspension of copper production in April due to the covid-19 pandemic.The operation will process approximately 160,000 tonnes of stockpiled material...
Bolivia’s largest mine suspends operations again due to pandemic
Bolivia’s San Cristóbal mine, a huge deposit of zinc, lead and silver, has suspended operations for a second time due to the coronavirus outbreak, it said on Monday, as covid-19 infections continued to spread in the landlocked South American nation. The company, a...