Gold output falls in Burkina Faso as terrorist attacks increase
Gold production in Burkina Faso declined last year as deteriorating security conditions in the West African nation forced some mines to shut.
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Panama copper miners attacked by protesters, union boss says
Mining News Pro - Protesters attacked workers leaving the Cobre Panama mine early Sunday in an incident that left about eight people injured, a union leader said.
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Freeport hit by cyberattack; impact on production limited
Mining News Pro - Freeport-McMoRan Inc. is investigating a cyberattack that has so far had limited impact on production, the copper miner said Friday.
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Operations at Zijin Colombia mine partially halted after attacks
Mining News Pro - Some 60% of operations at Zijin Mining’s Colombia gold mine have been halted because of recent attacks against workers, allegedly carried out by illegal miners allied with a major crime gang, the company said on Friday.
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Glencore’s Antapaccay copper mine attacked, fire breaks out
Mining News Pro - Glencore’s massive Antapaccay copper mine in Peru faced its latest disruption on Friday, as a fire spread through a nearby worker housing area which is believed to have been started by protesters, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters.
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Hormozgan Steel denied the cyber-attack news
Mining News Pro - There were rumors of cyber-attack against one of the major steel producers of Iran, Hormozgan Steel Company and the company denied this attack.
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Syrah Resources suspends movement on key route after attacks in northern Mozambique
Mining News Pro - Syrah Resources said on Thursday there were insurgent attacks near its Balama graphite operations in northern Mozambique, which prompted the Australian miner to preemptively suspend movement on a key transport route.
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Bolivian senator, Indigenous representatives attacked by illegal miners
Mining News Pro - Bolivian senator Cecilia Requena, members of the Senate’s Land and Territory Committee and representatives from Amazonian Indigenous organizations were attacked over the weekend when conducting an inspection in an area near the Madidi National Park and Integrated Management Natural Area.
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Aluminum price jumps to record as Russian attack boosts supply risks
Aluminum rallied to a record in London and nickel surged to the highest in more than a decade, pacing gains in industrial-metals markets as the deepening Ukraine crisis added to supply risks in an industry already facing critical shortages.
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Ransomware attack on mining operations “almost inevitable,” says cybersecurity expert
Mining News Pro - Last month, Weir, a major supplier to the mining industry, was the victim of a crippling cyberattack that forced it to isolate and shut down its core IT systems, including enterprise resource planning and engineering applications.
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Iamgold says all Burkina Faso mine personnel safe after Friday’s attack
Mining News Pro - Iamgold said all employees and contractors at its Burkina Faso mine are now safe, after a mine convoy was attacked on Friday.
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Weir Group cuts profit outlook following crippling cyberattack
Mining News Pro - Industrial pump maker Weir Group is reeling following a sophisticated cyberattack in the second half of September that forced it to isolate and shut down its core IT systems, including enterprise resource planning (ERP) and engineering applications.
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Five gendarmes killed in attack on mining convoy in Mali
Mining News Pro - Five gendarmes were killed and four were injured when a convoy they were escorting to an Australian-owned gold mine in southern Mali came under attack by militants, the army said.
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IAMGOLD halts transport to and from Burkina Faso mine after attack
Mining News Pro - Canada’s IAMGOLD (TSX: IMG)(NYSE: IAG) has suspended convoys to and from its Essakane gold mine in Burkina Faso near the border with Niger, after gunmen attacked a convoy travelling to the operation on Tuesday.
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IAMGOLD halts transport to and from Burkina Faso mine after attack
Mining News Pro - Canada’s IAMGOLD Corp. has suspended convoys to and from its Essakane gold mine in Burkina Faso near the border with Niger, after gunmen attacked a convoy travelling to the operation on Tuesday.
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High metal prices, covid-19 increase miners’ exposure to cyberattacks
Mining News Pro - As metal prices are hovering around all-time highs and mining companies are enjoying some of their best years with exceptional margins – a resilience that is expected to continue through 2021 – Fitch Solutions Country Risk & Industry Research published a report highlighting how this scenario increases the importance of cybersecurity defence in the mining industry.
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Cyberattack disrupts main African cobalt, copper export hub
Mining News Pro - A cyber attack has disrupted container operations at the South African port of Cape Town, affecting its operating systems. Durban, the busiest shipping terminal in sub-Saharan Africa, was also affected.
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Central African rebels attack mining town before election results announced
Mining News Pro - Rebel fighters in Central African Republic attacked and partially occupied a diamond-mining town on Sunday, four security and humanitarian sources said, a day before authorities are due to declare results of the presidential election.
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Anti-mining activists attack Curimining worker in Ecuador
Mining News Pro - A group of anti-mining activists attacked a worker that leads community relations for Curimining, the Ecuadorian company in charge of developing the Curipamba copper-gold project, held by Canada’s Adventus Mining and Salazar Resources.
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Attack on coltan mine in Congo leaves three dead
Mining News Pro - A violent attack to Société Minière de Bisunzu’s (SMB) coltan mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo has killed three and injured another three workers, amid an increase of attacks to mining operations in the country’s mineral-rich eastern region.
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Gemfields beefs up security at Moz operation after spate of attacks
Mining News Pro - Gemstone miner Gemfields has suspended all but critical operations at its Montepuez ruby mine (MRM), in Mozambique, as of April 22, with only security, maintenance and other essential services being rendered to ensure the mine can resume normal operations as soon as it is safe and practicable to do so.
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Congo mine attack kills three Chinese nationals
Mining News Pro - A gun attack in a mining area in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has killed three Chinese nationals, China’s official Xinhua news agency reported on Monday, citing the Chinese embassy in the mineral-rich central African country.
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Gold price scales $1,600 after Iran attacks US military base
Mining News Pro - Gold futures jumped after reports of rocket attacks on a US military base in Iraq, hitting fresh six year highs.
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Attack on Canadian miner in Burkina Faso threatens gold’s final frontier
Mining News Pro - As jihadists wreaked ever more havoc in the last two years, mining firms in Burkina Faso rolled out extra security measures, from barracks for government troops protecting them to safe rooms for workers behind barbed wire and mounds.
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Drummond’s union leader attacked by gunmen in Colombia
Mining News Pro - Ricardo Rojas, the vice president of the union that operates at Drummond’s coal mine in Colombia, survived a gun attack perpetrated against him by two unknown men.
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