Miners face talent crunch as electric vehicles charge up metals demand
Enrollment in US mining engineering programs dropped 46% between 2015 and 2020.
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Enrollment in US mining engineering programs dropped 46% between 2015 and 2020.
[MMG will close operations at the Las Bambas copper mine in mid-December] Chinese miner MMG (HKG: 1208) will end copper production at its Las Bambas mine in Peru by mid-December, as months of road closures have prevented basic supplies from reaching the mine. It said that despite meetings with residents of the Chumbivilcas community, MMG was unable to reach an agreement with them because of "excessive commercial requirements".
Gary Nagle, said it was in the best interests of both the company and the planet for Glencore to run down the mines over the next 30 years.
The mine has been disrupted for nearly 400 days since it began operations in 2016 due to on-and-off road blockades.
Gary Nagle said it was in the best interests of both the company and the planet for Glencore to run down the mines over the next 30 years.