Brazil court rejects requests to block $15.7 billion from Vale
A Brazilian federal court rejected a request made by the country’s solicitor general’s office asking that miners Vale, BHP and their joint venture Samarco pay 79.6 billion reais ($15.64 billion) for the 2015 collapse of a tailings dam.
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Russian court orders Glencore to pay shares worth 114.8m euros in Sberbank lawsuit
A Russian arbitration court ruled on Monday that four units of Swiss commodities trader Glencore will pay more than 11.4 billion roubles, or some 114.8 million euros, worth of shares in a lawsuit filed by Sberbank, according to the court.
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Native American group seeks to overturn US court ruling on Rio’s Arizona copper mine
A Native American group has asked all members of a US appeals court on Monday to overturn an earlier ruling that granted land to Rio Tinto for a copper mine in Arizona, saying the land was sacred and culturally significant.
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Polish court allows Turow coal mine to stay open for now
A Polish coal mine near the Czech border will be able to continue operating for now, the state news agency PAP reported on Wednesday, following the latest in a series of contradictory court rulings.
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US court sides with Apple, Tesla, other tech companies over child labor in Africa
A federal appeals court on Tuesday refused to hold five major technology companies liable over their alleged support for the use of child labor in cobalt mining operations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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Endeavour goes to court to end strike at Burkina Faso gold mine
An Endeavour Mining Plc unit filed a lawsuit in a bid to end a strike in Burkina Faso that’s disrupted operations at the company’s second-biggest gold mine.
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South African court denies class action against Anglo American
Mining News Pro - South Africa’s High Court has ruled that a class action lawsuit against miner Anglo American brought by victims of alleged historic lead poisoning in Zambia should not go ahead, lawyers for the claimants said on Saturday.
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First Quantum takes Panama to international court
Mining News Pro - First Quantum Minerals said on Friday it had initiated international arbitration procedures over a controversial contract allowing it to operate its giant copper mine in Panama for another 20 years, after the country’s top court ruled it unconstitutional.
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British court rejects Vale’s appeal in billion-dollar action for Mariana disaster
Mining News Pro -A British court rejected on Friday Vale’s appeal against the inclusion of the company in a lawsuit worth at least $46 billion against Vale, Samarco and BHP due to the collapse of the Fundão dam in Mariana, Minas Gerais, in 2015.
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Panama Supreme Court to decide First Quantum’s contract fate
Mining News Pro - Panama legislators approved on Thursday a Bill that originally sought to revoke First Quantum Minerals’ (TSX: FM) contract with the country’s government covering the Cobre Panama copper mine, but lawmakers decided at the last minute to eliminate that part of the Bill.
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Panama electoral court says it can’t hold a mine referendum
Mining News Pro - Panama’s electoral court said it can’t organize a referendum over a flagship copper mine owned by First Quantum Minerals Ltd., as requested by President Laurentino Cortizo on Sunday, because that would require congress to first pass a law.
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Ottawa unveils interim plan for environment agency after court rules it unconstitutional
Mining News Pro - Ottawa is suspending the environment minister’s authority to force major energy or mining projects to be judged for environmental impact as part of a temporary operating plan for the Impact Assessment Agency after the Supreme Court ruled it encroached on provincial jurisdiction.
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Panama’s top court considers lawsuit over First Quantum deal
Mining News Pro - Panama’s Supreme Court will consider a lawsuit which alleges that the nation’s contract with copper miner First Quantum Minerals Ltd. violates the constitution.
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Alaska asks US Supreme Court to undo EPA Pebble mine veto
Mining News Pro - The state of Alaska on Wednesday asked the US Supreme Court to vacate a Biden administration veto blocking Northern Dynasty Minerals’ proposed Pebble copper and gold mining project, arguing the move violated a decades-old land swap deal and the state’s sovereignty.
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BHP and Vale square off in London court
Mining News Pro - BHP and Vale faced off in a London court on Wednesday as part of one of the largest class action lawsuits in history, which could see them fined £36 billion ($44bn) for their role in a mining disaster in Brazil that killed 19 people.
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Swiss court upholds corruption ruling against mining magnate Steinmetz
Mining News Pro - A Swiss appeals court said on Tuesday it had upheld a guilty verdict for corruption against mining magnate Beny Steinmetz, who was sentenced in Geneva two years ago in one of the mining industry’s most high-profile legal disputes.
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Mexican court allows Fortuna Silver to keep mining at San Jose for now
Mining News Pro - Fortuna Silver Mines (NYSE: FSM) (TSX: FVI) reported Wednesday that the Mexican federal administrative court has granted a provisional injunction to allow the company’s San Jose mine to continue to operate under the terms of the 12-year environmental impact authorization (EIA).
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Court told Anglo turned blind eye to Zambian lead poisoning
South Africa’s High Court was told that Anglo American Plc turned a “blind eye” to lead poisoning in the Zambian town of Kabwe, where it held a stake in a mine for almost 50 years.
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Australia court blocks giant coal mine on human rights grounds
Mining News Pro - The Galilee Coal Project would add 1.58 billion tons of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere over its lifespan — more than triple Australia’s annual domestic emissions — and impact the human rights of future generations, the Queensland Land Court ruled on Friday.
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Ecuador indigenous community rejects mining on their land after court ruling
Mining News Pro - Ecuador’s Constitutional Court in September ruled the environmental permit granted in 2011 for the major San Carlos Panantza copper project required a consultation with the Shuar Arutam community, but this was not carried out.
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From profits to pay, JPMorgan’s gold secrets spill out in court
Mining News Pro - The trial of JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s former head of precious metals has offered unprecedented insights into the trading desk that dominates the global gold market.
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London’s High Court rules against Venezuela’s Maduro in $1 billion gold battle
Mining News Pro - London’s High Court has rejected President Nicolas Maduro’s latest efforts to gain control of more than $1 billion of Venezuela’s gold reserves stored in the Bank of England’s underground vaults in London.
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Belo Sun Mining rises after Brazil court overturns halt of Volta Grande gold project
Mining News Pro - Shares of Belo Sun Mining jumped by 55% on Wednesday morning after the company reported that the Supreme Court of Pará State in Brazil had overturned a suspension order related to the construction and environmental licences of its Volta Grande gold project.
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Chile top court ratifies closure of Canadian-owned Pascua Lama project
Mining News Pro - Chile’s Supreme Court on Thursday ratified the definitive closure of Canada-based Barrick Gold’s controversial $8.5 billion Pascua Lama gold and copper mining project, previously ordered to shutter by the country’s environmental regulator in 2018.
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London court to decide who controls $1 billion of Venezuelan gold
Mining News Pro - A London court is finally set to decide who controls more than $1 billion of Venezuelan gold stored in the Bank of England’s vaults.
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