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An activists covered in mud poses with a sign that reads "Vale assassin" during a demonstration on the front steps of Sao Paulo's Cathedral, Brazil, Friday, Feb. 1, 2019. The Brumadinho dam disaster, owned by Vale, killed at least 115 people.

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Brazilian Prosecutor Says Mining Giant Vale Dismissed Dam Safety Efforts Before Disaster

WorldNews.com 21 Mar 2019

A state prosecutor told news website G1 executives at the mining giant Vale SA quashed attempts from Brazilian authorities to audit one of the company's mining dams just months before it collapsed, according to Reuters ... Vale also halted operations at its Alegria iron ore mine in Minas Gerais after a "stress test" failed to guarantee stability....

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MGT Capital Provides Operating Update

Market Watch 20 Mar 2019

rapidly changing technology and evolving standards in the crypto mining industry; the ability to obtain sufficient funding to continue operations, maintain adequate cash flow and execute its business strategy; volatility in the Bitcoin market; and other factors set forth in the Company's most recently filed annual report and registration statement....

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GMA appeals to mining firms to help Du30 achieve PH goals

Manila Standard Today 20 Mar 2019

Arroyo said the mining industry should endeavor to work closely with the DENR in order for it to grow even with the strict stance of President Duterte on mining ... “My successor was against mining and apparently wanted to ban it but his Executive Secretary, I was told, has pointed out that there was no legal basis for a ban on mining....

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Local View: Lake Superior, Boundary Waters both deserve protections from copper mining

Duluth News Tribune 20 Mar 2019

Lake Superior, Boundary Waters both deserve protections from copper mining ... Upstream of each is the possibility of copper mining that would pose severe risks of permanent, toxic pollution ... Forest Service correctly determined that copper mining poses an unacceptable risk near the Boundary Waters....

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Minnesota’s new DNR commissioner: Cool hand for a hot seat

The Bryan Eagle 20 Mar 2019

Mining companies and associations welcomed Strommen’s appointment, saying they know her to be competent and trust her to be objective ... Frank Ongaro, executive director of Mining Minnesota, said both she and the governor have made it clear that they will follow the appropriate processes to review mining proposals....

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‘Endothermic Miners’ Scam From OnMiners Uses Fake Team, Office Photos

Bitcoinist 20 Mar 2019

An self-styled cryptocurrency mining company from Luxembourg has fielded multiple scam accusations after it emerged its executives do not exist ... OnMiners, which purports to produce three mining rigs with vastly superior hash power to market competitors, used stock photos and likely fake names for its leadership on its website....

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Hyderabad businessman dies in mishap in Ethiopia

Deccan Chronicle 20 Mar 2019

The deceased Venkata Shashidhar had invested in a copper mining company called Sun Rays Mining, in partnership with a Japanese firm ... Shashidhar is the executive director and holds a large share in Sun Rays Mining and has been travelling to Ethiopia frequently over the past one year....

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In the Daily: Crypto Data Feed, BSV Sale, Bitmain Office Closed

Bitcoin 20 Mar 2019

Also, Chinese mining giant Bitmain has closed its office in Norway ... Chinese crypto mining giant Bitmain has closed its branch in Norway only a year after its opening ... According to the executive, the main reason for the move is the revocation of electricity subsidies for mining facilities in the country....

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Petrobras names former Vale executive as new CFO

Petroleum World 20 Mar 2019

... an engineer and former executive at mining company Vale SA, as its new chief financial officer, according to a securities filing....

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BitMax.io [BTMX.com] and Fantom [FTM] Form a Strategic Partnership

AMB Crypto 20 Mar 2019

The distributed ledger proposed by Fantom is combined with a high-performance virtual machine and secure smart contract execution ... Different from traditional transaction-mining-only exchanges, BitMax.io platform users receive not only BTMX tokens as a reward for trading on the platform but also rebates for executing maker trades....

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Aveng appoints M&R veteran Jerome Govender MD for mining division

Mining Weekly 20 Mar 2019

Construction major Aveng has appointed Jerome Govender MD for Moolmans – Aveng’s mining arm and one of the company’s two core businesses – effective April 1. Aveng executive chairperson Eric Diack says Govender has the necessary skills and 25 years of construction industry ......

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Bush Authorized Domestic Spying Before 9/11

Information Clearing House 20 Mar 2019

The NSA's vast data-mining activities began shortly after Bush was sworn in as president and the document contradicts his assertion that the 9/11 attacks prompted him to take the unprecedented step of signing a secret executive order authorizing the NSA to monitor a select number of American citizens thought to have ties to terrorist groups....

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U.S. sanctions Venezuelan gold mine, executive for funneling money to Maduro

The Washington Times 19 Mar 2019

The Treasury Department slapped sanctions Tuesday on Venezuela's state-run gold mine and its president, accusing the operation of propping up the regime of socialist leader Nicolas Maduro ... ....