Landslide in small-scale mine leaves 22 dead in Tanzania | Mining News

Landslide in small-scale mine leaves 22 dead in Tanzania | Mining News

Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan expressed ‘great sadness’ at the loss. Twenty-two people have been killed following a landslide at a small-scale mine in northern Tanzania, government officials said. The accident occurred at the Ng’alita mine in the Bariadi district of Simiyu region, Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan said on…

Panama celebrates court order to cancel mine even as business is hit | Mining

Panama celebrates court order to cancel mine even as business is hit | Mining

For more than a month, protests against Central America’s largest open-pit copper mine have held Panama in a state of siege. Roadblocks have caused gas and propane shortages. Many supermarket shelves have run bare. Restaurants and hotels have sat empty. But on Tuesday, protesters in Panama got the news they…