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Russia and China’s BRICS economic alliance will fail at countering the West
Keith Porter
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Brazilian mining giant Vale seeking partner to buy minority stake in base metals unit
Vale Canada's Copper Cliff Complex South Mine Project in Sudbury, Ontario on Thursday October 13/2022. The company held a grand opening for the $945 million project. Gino Donato/The Globe and Mail
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GM aims to lower EV battery cost, locks up supply deal with Vale
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden drives a Hummer EV as he tours the General Motors 'Factory ZERO' electric vehicle assembly plant in Detroit, Michigan, U.S. November 17, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
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Vale’s base metals chief vows to turn around underperforming Sudbury nickel mines
Deshnee Naidoo, Executive Vice-President of Vale's base metals business and Ontario Premier Doug Ford, tour the 3500 foot level of Vale Canada's Copper Cliff Complex South Mine Project in Sudbury, Ontario on Thursday October 13/2022. The company held a grand opening for the $945 million project. Gino Donato/The Globe and Mail
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Brazil’s Vale moves closer to developing nickel sulfate operation in Canada
FILE PHOTO: A worker poses with a handful of nickel ore at the nickel mining factory of PT Vale Tbk, near Sorowako, Indonesia, January 8, 2014. REUTERS/Yusuf Ahmad/File Photo
international business
Tesla reportedly signed an undisclosed nickel supply deal with Brazilian mining company Vale
FILE PHOTO: A Tesla logo is seen at a groundbreaking ceremony of Tesla Shanghai Gigafactory in Shanghai, China January 7, 2019. REUTERS/Aly Song
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Brazil police recommend homicide, environmental charges in Vale dam disaster
A helmet with a logo of Vale SA is seen in a collapsed tailings dam owned by the company, in Brumadinho, Brazil February 13, 2019. REUTERS/Washington Alves
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Miners stuck underground in Sudbury retrieved in rescue operation
The Totten Mine near Sudbury, Ont., is shown on Monday, Sept. 27, 2021. A mining company says 39 workers who've been trapped underground near Sudbury, Ont., since yesterday are now slowly on their way out. Vale says no one has been injured at the Totten Mine and all the trapped workers are expected to reach the surface by tonight. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Gino Donato
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Miners stuck underground in Sudbury retrieved in rescue operation
The Totten Mine near Sudbury, Ont., is shown on Monday, Sept. 27, 2021. A mining company says 39 workers who've been trapped underground near Sudbury, Ont., since yesterday are now slowly on their way out. Vale says no one has been injured at the Totten Mine and all the trapped workers are expected to reach the surface by tonight. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Gino Donato
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Two more trapped miners safe after rescue, four more on long trek out of mine near Sudbury
The Totten Mine near Sudbury, Ont., is shown on Monday, Sept. 27, 2021. A mining company says 39 workers who've been trapped underground near Sudbury, Ont., since yesterday are now slowly on their way out. Vale says no one has been injured at the Totten Mine and all the trapped workers are expected to reach the surface by tonight. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Gino Donato
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Rescue of 39 trapped miners under way near Sudbury, says Vale S.A.
The Totten Mine near Sudbury, Ont., is shown on Monday, Sept. 27, 2021. A mining company says 39 workers who've been trapped underground near Sudbury, Ont., since yesterday are now slowly on their way out. Vale says no one has been injured at the Totten Mine and all the trapped workers are expected to reach the surface by tonight. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Gino Donato
energy and resources
Strike action continues after Sudbury mining union rejects latest offer from Vale Canada
FILE PHOTO: A view shows the company logo of Brazilian mining company Vale SA at its headquarters in downtown Rio de Janeiro August 20, 2014. REUTERS/Pilar Olivares
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Union representing striking workers from Vale’s Sudbury, Ont., nickel mine recommends rejecting latest offer
energy and resources
Sudbury nickel miners go on strike after rejecting deal from Vale Canada
FILE PHOTO: A view shows the company logo of Brazilian mining company Vale SA at its headquarters in downtown Rio de Janeiro August 20, 2014. REUTERS/Pilar Olivares
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DirtyCo to CleanCo: How environmental pressure is shaking up the mining industry – and will soon reshape it
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Vale’s disappointing iron ore output adds fuel to scorching price rise
A cross with a black ribbon is seen in front of the Vale mining company logo during a demonstration in front of the Se Cathedral in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on February 1, 2019.
energy and resources
Miners need more engineers to meet new tailings dam safety standard
FILE PHOTO: A helmet with a logo of Vale SA is seen in a collapsed tailings dam owned by the company, in Brumadinho, Brazil February 13, 2019. REUTERS/Washington Alves/File Photo
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Brazilian miner Vale to resume operations at Voisey’s Bay
SEE WIRE STORY-AM-VOISEY'S-BAY (HAL-101-OCT. 29--VOISEY'S BAY DISCOVERY--An Inco Ltd. exploration camp sits at the base of Discovery Hill at Voisey's Bay, Nfld. The Labrador site contains one of the world's largest ore bodies of nickel, copper and cobalt. (CP PHOTO) l996 (stf/Andrew Vaughan) av NOV.17,1999 WED FINAL ROB B5
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Vale hires safety czar in wake of deadly dam collapses
FILE PHOTO: A logo of the Brazilian mining company Vale SA is seen in Brumadinho, Brazil January 29, 2019. REUTERS/Adriano Machado/File photo
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Prosecutors plan to charge Vale over deadly mine collapse in Brazil: report
A logo of the Brazilian mining company Vale SA is seen in Brumadinho, Brazil, on Jan. 29, 2019.
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Vale shares jump on iron prices despite losing certifications, asset freeze
A Vale SA logo is seen in Brumadinho, Brazil, on Jan. 29, 2019.
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Global mining giant prepares for electric vehicle future with $700-million cobalt deal
An artisanal miner clears an opening to a mine shaft May 12, 2012 at a cobalt mine just outside the city Likasi in the Democratic Republic of Congo.