Portuguese prosecutors seek to annul environment permit for Savannah lithium mine
Portuguese prosecutors have asked a judge to annul an environment permit for a lithium mining project being developed by London-based Savannah Resources, alleging various legal infringements, a court document seen by Reuters showed.
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Teck to re-do environmental permit for Quebrada Blanca expansion in Chile
Mining News Pro - Canadian miner Teck Resources has scrapped a previously submitted environmental permit application to expand a mill at its Quebrada Blanca copper mine in Chile in order to draft a new version, it said on Tuesday.
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Some EU states baulking at streamlined mine permitting, says commissioner
Mining News Pro - Some European Union members are pushing back on efforts to streamline the application process for new mines and processing plants for critical minerals under proposed legislation, a European Commission official said on Tuesday.
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Freeport seeks to extend permit for exporting Indonesian copper
Mining News Pro - Freeport McMoRan Inc. will seek Indonesia’s approval to keep exporting mined copper beyond a May deadline to avoid building up stockpiles of concentrates as it ramps up output at a smelter it’s building at Jakarta’s request.
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Buenaventura suspends Peru mine on permitting delays
Mining News Pro - Buenaventura, Peru’s top publicly traded precious-metals producer, has halted its Colquijirca’s Tajo Norte zinc-lead-silver mine for up to three years due to permitting delays.
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Lundin secures environmental permit to extend Candelaria mine life
Mining News Pro - Canada’s Lundin Mining (TSX: LUN) can proceed with a plan to extend the productive life of its Candelaria copper mine in Chile after local authorities approved a revised environmental impact assessment (EIA) for the operation.
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Talga keeps permit for graphite mine in Sweden
Mining News Pro - Talga Group has scored a key victory after a Swedish court rejected on Thursday appeals from lobby groups opposed to the development of the Nunasvaara graphite mine in the Nordic country.
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Freeport Indonesia secures copper export permit, plans to contest new export duty
Mining News Pro - Mining giant Freeport has obtained a license to ship copper concentrate from its Indonesian operation until May 2024, but may contest new government rules on export duties.
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Canada to speed up critical minerals permits in bid to erode China’s dominance
Mining News Pro - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government hopes to unveil a plan by the end of this year to streamline permitting for mining projects as the US and its allies push to accelerate the production of critical minerals in North America.
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Chile miners, facing higher taxes, seek faster permits, lower energy costs
Mining News Pro - Now that Chile has passed an increase in mining royalties, copper miners are pushing for incentives to keep investing in production of the metal needed for the renewable energy revolution, with steps such as cuts in energy costs, speeded-up permit approvals and other incentives.
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EU raw material targets need money and faster permits, sector chief says
Mining News Pro - The European Union will only meet ambitious targets to reduce its reliance on China and other countries for critical materials by rapidly scaled-up financing and accelerated permitting, according to the head of an EU sector alliance.
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Ximen receives final permit for Kenville gold mine in British Columbia
Mining News Pro - Ximen Mining has been granted the final permit required to proceed with its Kenville gold project, home to one of the first underground gold mines in British Columbia’s history.
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Canada working toward easing permitting process for mining companies
Mining News Pro - Canada is working toward easing permitting process for mining companies so that the permitting does not take several years, Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson said at the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) conference in Toronto on Monday.
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Sibanye-Stillwater gets key permit for Keliber lithium project
Mining News Pro - Sibanye-Stillwater has received the environmental permit for its Keliber lithium mining and processing project in Finland.
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Ximen receives draft environment permit for Kenville gold mine in BC
Mining News Pro - In a further update to the underground development of its Kenville gold mine, Ximen Mining (TSXV: XIM) has now obtained the first draft of the two permits expected. Last Friday, the BC-focused precious metals miner received the draft environment permit for review, and had an initial look at the terms and conditions.
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Mali suspends issuance of mining permits until further notice
Mining News Pro - It said it will issue another statement when the suspension is lifted.
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Push to shorten US mine permit review process gains steam
Mining News Pro - US mining companies, automakers and a bipartisan group of congressional members are recommending that the federal government cut the time needed to permit a new mine in order to boost domestic production of electric vehicle minerals.
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Taseko granted draft permit for Florence copper project in Arizona
Mining News Pro - Canada’s Taseko Mines has scored a small but key win in the long-dragged out permitting process for its Florence copper project in Arizona as the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a draft underground injection control (UIC) licence for the asset.
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Hochschild Mining granted environmental permit for Brazil gold project
Mining News Pro - Precious metals producer Hochschild Mining has been granted a key permit that allows it to build a processing plan and kick off mine pre-stripping at the Mara Rosa gold project in Brazil’s central state of Goías.
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Canadian government sued by environmental groups over 20 oil and gas “sleeper” permits
Mining News Pro - Two environmental groups are suing the Canadian federal government over 20 oil and gas “sleeper” exploration permits originally granted off the coast of British Columbia in the late 1960s and 1970s.
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Greenland Minerals to fight draft rejection of mining permit for rare earths project
Mining News Pro - Australia-based Greenland Minerals (ASX: GGG) said on Tuesday it will fight the Greenland government’s draft decision to reject a mining permit for the company’s Kvanefjeld rare earths project, based on a nationwide ban to uranium exploitation and exploration passed in November.
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British Columbia, Tahltan sign consent agreement on mine permitting
Mining News Pro - The Tahltan Central Government and the Province of British announced Monday they have entered into the first consent based decision-making agreement under the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (Declaration Act).
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Equinox Gold halts RDM mine in Brazil over permit delay
Mining News Pro - Equinox Gold has suspended operations at its RDM mine in Brazil for at least two months as scheduled permits needed to raise its tailing dam were delayed, the company said on May 16.
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Anglo faces potential permitting setback at Chile copper expansion project
Mining News Pro - The Environmental Assessment Service of Chile (SEA) has recommended rejecting the permitting application for the expansion of Anglo American’s Los Bronces mine, citing a lack of information during the evaluation process.
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Honduras to cancel environmental permits for mining, ban open pits
Mining News Pro - Environmental permits for Honduran metal and non-metal mining will be cancelled, the country’s government said in a brief statement on Monday, describing the industry as harmful and declaring it will specifically prohibit open-pit mining.
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