During a rally yesterday, Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden spoke to a crowd in Derry, N.H., a town that many miners call home. He acknowledged the economic setbacks and job insecurity that coal miners face these days, and gave them some advice: learn to code.
According to Dave Weigel of...
Tuesday, December 31, 2019
Bolsonaro’s Brazil: 2020 could see revived Amazon mining assault — part two - Mongabay.com
President Michel Temer issued a presidential decree in 2017 to open up the vast 4.6 million hectare (17,800 square mile) RENCA preserve in the northern Amazon to mining. Meeting with a firestorm of criticism he abandoned the effort. Sources now say the Bolsonaro administration is poised to quietly...
Closure of world's largest diamond mine could boost northern mining, analyst says - CBC.ca
For the diamond industry in Canada's North, 2019 wasn't exactly a banner year.
"The diamond market has been suffering," wrote Tom Hoefer, the president of the NWT & Nunavut Chamber of Mines, in an email to CBC.
"Prices have been poor and below what we had wished for."
But on the other side...
Chile mining activity, copper production fall in November amid protests - Reuters
SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chilean mining activity fell 7.1% in November, government data showed on Tuesday, plagued in part by operational issues at major mines during a tumultuous month of protests, road and port blockades and worker strikes in the South American nation.
The world’s top copper producer...
Monday, December 30, 2019
Illegal tin mining leaves trail of ruin in protected Brazilian rainforest - Mongabay.com
This rhetoric has fueled the invasion of Flona de Altamira, which was already under mounting pressure from widespread clearing in the surrounding area, Fonseca said. Deforestation by miners, cattle ranchers and loggers has been particularly relentless in the Floresta Nacional do Jamanxim, which lies...
Gold mining M&A hot streak set to continue in 2020 - The Globe and Mail
Deal making in the Canadian gold sector went into overdrive in 2019 and industry players see that likely to continue in 2020, with smaller companies becoming targets as fund managers push the industry to create bigger, more diversified miners.
In 2019, $31.8-billion worth of gold-mining deals were...
Hashing Ahead: A Look at Bitcoin Mining in 2020 - Nasdaq
The December 2019 report on the Bitcoin mining network from CoinShares Research, a division of the digital asset management firm, presented an industry in good health at the end of the year, with a hash rate that had almost doubled in the previous six months, a new generation of more powerful and efficient...
Global Mining Lubricants Industry - PRNewswire
NEW YORK, Dec. 30, 2019 /PRNewswire/ --
Mining Lubricants market worldwide is projected to grow by US$727.4 Million, driven by a compounded growth of 4.3%. Mineral Oil Lubricants, one of the segments analyzed and sized in this study, displays the potential to grow at over 4.7%. The shifting dynamics...