Tag: mine

• Friday, June 24th 2022 - 10:08 UTC

  Chilean miners lift strike after agreement with Codelco

  

  Chilean copper mine workers have agreed to lift their strike after reaching an agreement with the state-owned Chilean National Copper Corporation (Codelco), it was announced Thursday.

• Friday, July 10th 2020 - 07:56 UTC

  Copper recovering strongly, and at its highest levels since January

  

  Copper raced to its highest levels since January this week as speculators piled into the market, betting on further disruptions in top producer Chile and firm demand from the biggest consumer China.

• Monday, February 18th 2019 - 08:50 UTC

  Another Vale tailings dam in Brazil in collapse danger: 200 residents evacuated

  

  Around 200 residents were evacuated from an area near a tailings dam in Brazil operated by Vale SA late on Saturday, amid fears that it was structurally weak and could burst like a similar barrier failure last month that killed some 300 people.

• Wednesday, February 13th 2019 - 09:12 UTC

  NGOs demand Brazilian miner Vale be excluded from UN's corporate responsibility pact

  

  A group of international non-governmental organizations on Tuesday demanded that Brazilian miner Vale SA be excluded from the United Nations' corporate responsibility pact, after a mining dam burst that killed an estimated 300 people.

• Monday, November 12th 2012 - 05:46 UTC

  Multi-billion mining project in the Andes further delayed environment regulations

  

  Barrick Gold Corp, the world’s biggest gold producer, said on Saturday it had halted earth-moving works at its Pascua Lama mine on the Argentina-Chile border following concerns about the health of workers at the site high in the Andes.