In 2023, tensions escalated in Las Naves, Ecuador, where farmers clashed with police during protests against a new environmental consultation process and the upcoming launch of a large-scale open-pit ...

MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippine environment minister said on Wednesday that a ban on new open pit mining in the country would remain in place, with President Rodrigo Duterte rejecting government ...

A strip ratio, or stripping ratio, is an important measurement related to the open-pit mining process. Put simply, the stripping ratio is the amount of waste material, also known as overburden, that ...

Pre-tax Net Present Value ("NPV8%") of US$2.4B with an Internal Rate of Return ("IRR") of 35% and after-tax NPV8% US$1.6B with an IRR of 27%. 19-Year open-pit mine life with an average concentration ...