Polish government drops coal merger idea
Polish government is abandoning plans to separate coal-fired power plants into a special company and is considering merging them with mines, said Industry Minister Marzena Czarnecka in a interview published on Wednesday in Rzeczpospolita daily.
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First Quantum submits copper mine preservation plan to Panama government
Canadian miner First Quantum has delivered an initial preservation and management plan to the Panamanian trade ministry regarding its lucrative copper mine in the country, the miner’s Panamanian unit said on Wednesday.
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Rage against copper producer roils markets, Panama government
Mining News Pro - Panama’s ratification of a deal with a copper miner last month should have been a formality. Instead, it triggered nationwide protests that paralyzed the economy, destabilized the government and led to a nationwide ban on new mines.
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Rage against copper producer roils markets, Panama government
Mining News Pro - Panama’s ratification of a deal with a copper miner last month should have been a formality. Instead, it triggered nationwide protests that paralyzed the economy, destabilized the government and led to a nationwide ban on new mines.
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Colombian mining sector needs clear government messaging for energy transition
Mining News Pro - Colombia’s mining industry is ready to contribute to the energy transition but needs coherent messaging from the government to create the certainty needed to support investment, the boss of the Colombian Mining Association (ACM) said on Monday.
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Rio Tinto inks agreement with Madagascar government on QMM operations
Mining News Pro - Rio Tinto (ASX: RIO) announced Wednesday it has reached an agreement with the government of Madagascar on future fiscal arrangements for QIT Madagascar Minerals (QMM) and renewed their partnership for its sustainable operation.
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SQM expects to start talks on lithium with government soon
Mining News Pro - Chilean lithium miner SQM expects to start talks about lithium with Chilean authorities soon, its Chairman Gonzalo Guerrero said in a letter to shareholders Wednesday.
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Chile government says it will reach deal with copper producers before key mining tax vote
Mining News Pro - Chile’s government is confident it can smooth out differences with the country’s largest mining companies before a key vote in congress this week on a new mining royalty bill.
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China lithium miners restart after government investigation
Mining News Pro - Some mines in one of China’s major lithium-production hubs have been allowed to restart amid a government investigation that halted activity last week, according to a report in local media outlet Cailian.
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Governments will need to support copper recycling – Macquarie
Mining News Pro - Higher prices and more government support will be needed for recycling to ease the next copper shortfall, Australian bank Macquarie said.
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UK university, Bolivian government join forces to boost lithium industry
Mining News Pro - The University of Warwick and the Bolivian Government have joined forces to collaborate on lithium battery research with the goal of backing the South American country’s efforts to become a world leader in renewable energies and electric vehicles.
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More Governments Are Turning Against the Rush to Mine the Deep Sea
Mining News Pro - At least 10 countries that are members of an international body regulating ocean mining want to pause the practice because of a lack of scientific data on its environmental impact.
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Antofagasta’s Twin Metals sues US government over Minnesota copper project
Mining News Pro - Antofagasta Plc’s Twin Metals subsidiary sued the US government on Monday in a bid to revive its proposed Minnesota copper and nickel mine, which Biden administration officials had blocked this year over concerns it could pollute a major recreational waterway.
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Mexican government issues temporary suspension to 10 mining concessions
Mining News Pro - As rescue efforts continue to release 10 miners trapped in a flooded coal mine in Coahuila, Mexico’s General Directorate of Mines issued a temporary suspension to 10 mining concessions that need to prove compliance with safety standards.
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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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Peruvian government to extend tax refund benefit to mining
Mining News Pro - During his intervention at the 2022 PDAC conference in Toronto, the Peruvian minister of economy and finance, Óscar Graham, announced that his government will extend to 2025 the tax refund benefit to mining and oil exploration, which was scheduled to end in December 2022.
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Communities protesting against Las Bambas set up new conditions to negotiate with Peruvian government
Mining News Pro - The farming communities that have been blockading MMG’s Las Bambas copper mine in Peru since April 14, 2022, say they won’t meet with the Presidency of the Ministers’ Council (PCM) to discuss an end to their protest unless the Executive complies with a series of conditions.
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Peruvian government to find solutions to conflict with communities around Cuajone mine
Mining News Pro - Southern Copper and the government of Peru have launched a dialogue process to address the ongoing conflict between the Tumilaca-Pocata-Coscore-Tala farming communities and the Cuajone copper mine.
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Head of Mexico City government compares lithium nationalization to that of oil 84 years ago
Mining News Pro - Following the nationalization of the lithium industry approved by the country’s Senate on April 21, Claudia Sheinbaum, head of the government of Mexico City, said during a public speech over the weekend that the decision is comparable to the nationalization of the oil industry approved during the presidency of Lázaro Cárdenas, 84 years ago.
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Peruvian government to negotiate with communities opposing Glencore’s copper project
Mining News Pro - Peru’s Ministry of Environment and the southern Espinar province set up a dialogue process with the goal of finding solutions to the social and environmental problems people say mining operations are causing in the area.
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What Minerals are Important the U.S Government ?
Mining News Pro - The U.S. aims to cut its greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030 as part of its commitment to tackling climate change, but might be lacking the critical minerals needed to achieve its goals.
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Newmont gets government greenlight on Coffee project in Yukon
Mining News Pro - Following consultation with Yukon First Nations, both the territorial and federal governments have given the greenlight for Newmont’s Coffee gold project to proceed, as per Yukon Environmental Socioeconomic Assessment Board’s (YESAB) recommendations.
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Serbian government blasts green groups for scuttling Rio Tinto’s lithium project
Mining News Pro - Serbian politicians on Friday blasted environmentalists for forcing them to scuttle Rio Tinto’s proposed $2.4 billion lithium project, warning the move could hurt efforts to grow and diversify the Balkan country’s economy.
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Imperial Metals surrenders Giant Copper project to British Columbia government
Mining News Pro - Imperial Metals (TSX:III) has entered into a memorandum of understanding with British Columbia to surrender the mining rights of its Giant Copper project, located between Hope and Princeton and surrounded by the Skagit Valley Park and E.C. Manning Park, in a deal made to protect the area’s “natural and cultural heritage,” the government said.
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Serbian government revokes Rio Tinto’s licences for lithium project
Mining News Pro - Serbia revoked Rio Tinto’s lithium exploration licences on Thursday, bowing to protesters who opposed the development of the project by the Anglo-Australian mining giant on environmental grounds.
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