Ecuador’s government and its fledgling mining industry are heading into a legal battle over a controversial fee announced last month. The industry sees the measure as a tax that will stymie exploration, with the mining chamber filing a cancellation request through the...
A new research and development grant program is targeting small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the mining sector in the hope of enhancing the quality and sustainability of graphite production in Australia. The CSIRO-managed $400,000 program is designed to...
FLSmidth has signed a definitive agreement to divest its cement business to an affiliate of Pacific Avenue Capital Partners, in a deal valued at an initial €75 million ($133 million). The deal comes with the potential for an additional deferred consideration of up to...
The Bureau of Land Management is inviting public input on a proposed coal exploration project in Utah’s Muddy Creek Canyon area as part of a larger federal effort to re-invigorate the coal industry and advance American energy independence. Canyon Fuel Company,...
Vedanta Resources, the Indian mining conglomerate of billionaire Anil Agarwal that was targeted in a short-seller’s report, has lost the top executive of its base metals business, according to people familiar with the matter. Chris Griffith, who joined Vedanta...
