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Climate change, ESG obligations will make water issues more challenging for miners

“Water isn’t just a technical issue, it is very much a stakeholder issue”, ERM partner Caroline Vail stated during a panel hosted by international law firm Fasken on March 11.

Tuesday, March 16, 2021

UK government intervenes in deep coal mine plan

Britain's government has intervened in a plan for a new deep coal mine in northern England after climate change advisers said the project would "increase global emissions".

Monday, March 15, 2021

As Glencore walks, Colombia envisages decades of coal mining

Glencore may be walking away from its Colombian coal mines, but Colombia isn’t.

Monday, March 15, 2021

AISI Publishes Five Cold-Formed Steel Test Standards

The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) has published five cold-formed steel test standards.

Monday, March 15, 2021

Mining production down in January, but mineral sales up almost 25%

Mining production decreased by 6.2% year-on-year in January, with the largest negative contributors being platinum group metals (PGMs), coal and gold, according to the latest Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) report.

Monday, March 15, 2021

India JSHL's stainless steel sales and profits will continue to grow from October to December 2020

According to a report issued by India's Jindal stainless steel (Hisar) Co., Ltd. (JSHL), in the first three quarters of the fiscal year 2020 / 2021 (April to December 2020), its stainless steel sales totaled 394157 tons, with a year-on-year increase of 22% and...

Monday, March 15, 2021

Merafe: demand for ferrochrome will recover in 2021

Coronavirus pandemic is expected to boost the demand for ferrochrome in 2021, mineral company Merafe said.

Monday, March 15, 2021

Iron-ore sees year's second-worst week on China pollution crackdown

Benchmark Asian iron ore futures fell on Friday and were on track for their second-biggest weekly loss so far this year, as moves in China to restrict steel mills' highly-pollutive operations and reduce production capacity weighed on sentiment.

Monday, March 15, 2021
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