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Insight - Investors press mining firms to revamp heritage oversight
RIO Tinto’s destruction of sacred indigenous rock shelters in Australia this year has dismayed and galvanised a swathe of investors who want big changes in how mining firms manage heritage issues and have begun to tell them so
Mining industry making headway on zero emissions
MELBOURNE: The mining industry is making progress on the introduction of a zero carbon truck fleet by 2040, bringing in new partners as it strives to drive down emissions, the head of the International Council on Mining & Metals (ICMM) said yesterday.
Zambia sees increased copper production in first half of 2020
LUSAKA, Nov. 19 (Xinhua) -- Zambia, Africa's second-largest copper producer, saw an increase in copper production in the first half of 2020 compared to the same period last year, figures released by its mines ministry on Thursday have shown.
China's industrial profit growth slows as factory-gate deflation weighs
BEIJING: Profits at China's industrial firms rose for a fifth straight month in September, but at a slower pace as factory-gate deflation and rising raw materials costs undercut a recovery in the manufacturing sector.
Sierra Leoneans sue government for alleged environmental failings at diamond mine
(This Aug 29, 2019 story corrects to remove reference to $288 million sought in damages in 5th paragraph)
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Mali protest leader steps back as coup leaders promise election
BAMAKO (Reuters) - One of Mali's most influential power brokers, Mahmoud Dicko, will withdraw from politics, his spokesman said, after a meeting on Wednesday with leaders of a military coup who have promised to oversee elections within a "reasonable" time.
'Sacrificed on the altar': Myanmar jade mine disaster fed by COVID-era desperation
HPAKANT (Reuters) - Sut Seng Du says he turned over 100 bodies as he clawed through the mud in a heavy downpour last week, before he finally found his brother, one of 172 people buried alive in the worst mining disaster anyone can remember in Myanmar's "jade city".
Q3 hiring outlook among Singapore employers weakest since 2009: Survey
SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): The labour market is showing signs of strain as businesses put off recruitment amid the uncertainty brought about by Covid-19.
How a video game uses magical realism to reframe the way Americans think about debt and homelessness
When the nearly decade-long journey of Kentucky Route Zero began with a crowdfunding campaign in 2011, it was pitched as a surrealist road adventure with a retro look and a folksy tone, the sort of point-and-click-styled game that went out of favor in the early 1990s but was finding new life as a niche independent product.
