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Wooing investors, Rwanda hosts first tantalum-tracking blockchain

Deccan Chronicle 18 Oct 2018

The project is the work of Circulor, a British start-up specialised in blockchain, and Power Resources Group (PRG), which has mining and refining operations in Rwanda and Macedonia ... Francis Gatare, chief executive of Rwanda’s Mines, Petroleum and Gas Board, said it was vital for Rwanda to prove it was a conflict-free source of tantalum, used amongst other things in mobile phones, and other minerals....

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Indonesia targets closure of Freeport deal in December -official

This is Money 17 Oct 2018

However, the planned transactions are still subject to the issue of environmental recommendations and a special mining permit (IUPK) by the Indonesian government, Inalum Chief Executive Budi Gunadi Sadikin told parliament ... That damage, it said, was largely a result of tailings from the mine that had extended beyond previously agreed limits and which had polluted coastal areas....

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Rwanda seeks increased investments in mining industry to boost exports

Coastweek 17 Oct 2018

Rwanda, being among the fastest growing economies in Africa, has a great opportunity of using its mineral resources to drive its industrialization, diversification and overall economic transformation, Francis Gatare, chief executive officer of Rwanda Mines, Petroleum and Gas Board (RMB), said during the 59th Annual General Assembly ......

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'The coming of the mine separated us': a community split in South Africa

The Guardian 17 Oct 2018

Drive for an hour into the hills that lie behind South Africa’s wild eastern coast, and you will find a game park full of rhino and big cats, a sprawling town spread over dozens of summits and dry valleys, and a vast opencast coal mine ... In between lie the rubble and workings of the opencast mine ... The mining company wants to dig out more coal, and has been granted rights for a vast new swath of land....

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Groups challenging renewed activity at mine file appeals

The Spokesman-Review 17 Oct 2018

A local environmental organization and a group of residents challenging the legality of a revived mine have turned to a planning agency that oversees land-use regulations in the Columbia River Gorge ... He said that his group and others have been asking Krystyna Wolniakowski, the commission’s executive director, to determine if the approval is still in effect and, if not, to use its enforcement powers to stop the mining....

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Waypoint Leasing Delivers One H145 Helicopter to Los Andes in Peru

Market Watch 17 Oct 2018

... to operations in Latin America when the lessor and Peruvian operator executed their first lease agreement on an H145 in 2017, which is flying for and important mining company in extreme high altitude conditions in the Andes....

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'Fear The Walking Dead' star Colman Domingo developing Alzheimer's drama at AMC Networks

Screen Daily 17 Oct 2018

Domingo is due to continue development on the project with AMC executives on this return to the US from the LFF. “We’re still mining the pilot. I love the fact that, your wonderful executives are like dogs on a bone,” Domingo said to Sapan on stage ... a fraternal lodge by Jim Gavi and executive produced by Paul Giamatti, for which he showed a trailer....

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The Briefcase: BB&T consolidating operations in Whiteville

Winston-Salem Journal 17 Oct 2018

BB&T consolidating operations in Whiteville. BB&T Corp ... James K. Powell Blvd ... or elsewhere in Wilson ... John Loftis, president of The Innovative Group, will join Excalibur’s management team with a focus on data mining, digital communications and national accounts. J.D. Wilson, chief executive of Excalibur, said adding The Innovative Group represents the formal integration of what had been strategic collaboration for several years ... ....

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Company defaults on lease for Bunker Hill Mine, future of restarting mine in doubt

The Spokesman-Review 16 Oct 2018

The company that hoped to reopen the Bunker Hill Mine later this year has defaulted on its lease-purchase option payment. “We hit a hiccup with funding,” said John Ryan, acting chief executive for Bunker Hill Mining Corp ... Bruce Reid, the company’s former president and CEO, has resigned and Ryan was appointed acting chief executive....

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Gwede Mantashe faces court action over Lonmin's social labour plans

Independent online (SA) 16 Oct 2018

Johannesburg - The Mining Forum of South Africa (MFSA) said on ... At the Marikana massacre commemoration this year, Lonmin chief executive Ben Magara said the platinum mining company had made significant progress in delivering its commitment to the community of Marikana with modern housing being a key focus of the company's social and labour plans....

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Cryptocurrencies Find Political Backers: China Controls Bitcoin, Ripple Has A Fan In Trump

Zycrypto 16 Oct 2018

Significantly, its generically different technology sets it apart from bitcoin’s mining-based supply ... Cory Johnson, Chief of Ripple Lab strategy team, shared in his latest interview that political bigwigs in the US increasingly fear China’s ether and bitcoin mining prowess. According to Ripple’s executive, the fact that XRP’s cannot be mined just like Bitcoin has caught the undivided attention of President Trump....

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Gran Colombia Q3 output up 54% y/y

Mining Weekly 16 Oct 2018

Canada-based Gran Colombia has marked the fourth consecutive quarter of gold production exceeding 50 000 oz and the first quarter of producing more than 50 000 oz at its Segovia mine alone, executive chairperson Serafino Iacono reported on Monday. The TSX-listed miner produced 57 163 oz of gold in the third quarter of 2018, a 54% improvement on the prior-year period, bringing year-to-date output to 162 741 oz ... ....

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Fidelity Just Removed ‘Huge Obstacle’ to Investing in Cryptocurrencies

Bitcoinist 16 Oct 2018

Fidelity Unveils ‘Fidelity Digital Assets’. Currently, Fidelity manages , making it the fourth largest asset manager in the world ... Nic Carter ... “Abby is my favorite CEO in banking,” added Abra CEO Bill Barhydt on Twitter, praising the executive for not being afraid to be one of the first people to try Bitcoin hands-on as early as 2015. She was mining bitcoin before other ceo’s knew what bitcoin was ... ....

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