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Foreign ministry drops Glencore and other controversial sponsors Demonstrators at a union protest outside Glencore's annual general meeting in Zug, Switzerland, in 2018 © Keystone / Alexandra Wey The Swiss foreign ministry has ended sponsorship agreements with dozens of companies including mining and trading giant Glencore and chocolate maker Läderach because of image concerns. This content was published on April 25, 2021 - 17:08 April 25, 2021 - 17:08 Keystone-SDA/Bloomberg/ts “Mining is currently so controversial that a partnership with Glencore cannot generate a positive image transfer...

Source: Amazon Conservation Association Nearly real-time satellite imagery analysis has been spotting and stymying illegal gold mining activity in the Amazon rainforest. The mining sector is a substantial contributor to forest ecosystem destruction, and a recent report suggests the world is behind on international goals to end global deforestation by 2030. The Amazon Conservation Association's Monitoring of the Andean Amazon Project, or MAAP, uses satellite imagery to flag potential deforestation sites and alert authorities to illegal activities across the Amazon rainforest in Peru, Bolivia,...

Blog Blog Video: Path to Carbon-Free Power Generation by 2035 World Exploration Trends 2021 Report 25 Jan, 2021 Author Taylor Kuykendall An aerial view of a mud-hit area near the town of Brumadinho in the state of Minas Gerais in Brazil on Jan. 26, 2019, one day after the collapse of a tailings dam at Vale's Corrego do Feijao iron ore mine. Source: Pedro Vilela/Getty Images News via Getty Images On Jan. 25, 2019, a large dam full of mining waste from the Corrego do Feijao iron ore mine owned by Vale SA ruptured and sent a mudslide downstream toward...

Share: Freeport-McMoRan Inc. (NYSE:FCX) announced today with great sadness that James Robert "Jim Bob" Moffett of Austin, Texas passed away at the age of 82. Mr. Moffett served as Chairman of Freeport-McMoRan from 1984-2015 and CEO from 1984-2003. Mr. Moffett co-founded McMoRan Exploration Co. in 1969 with B. M. "Mack" Rankin, Jr. (deceased) and W. K. McWilliams (deceased). In 1981, under Mr. Moffett's leadership, McMoRan merged with Freeport Minerals Company to form one of the world's leading natural resource companies, Freeport-McMoRan Inc. (FTX), FCX's former parent company. "Jim Bob was a...