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Other mines did, however, and gold production in Virginia continued until World War II, when, on October 8, 1942, the War Production Board issued Limitation Order L-208, which branded gold production as a non-essential and directed all but the smallest of gold mines to shut down so their labor force could be used elsewhere to support the war ...
Vale's Mariana Hub was the 9th largest iron ore mining center in the world in 2014, with an output of 39 million metric tonnes. [14] Vale's Serra Sul / S11D is the largest mining reserve in the world. The company's iron ore mines are primarily in Brazil. [8] Nickel: Vale is the world's largest nickel producer. [13]
Boston Metal is a company developing a technology known as molten oxide electrolysis (MOE) to decarbonize steelmaking and recover high-value metals from mining waste. The company is based in Woburn, Massachusetts , with its Brazilian subsidiary, Boston Metal do Brasil, based in Coronel Xavier Chaves , Minas Gerais .
Hochschild Mining plans to invest about $200 million in the construction of a gold mine in Brazil, a project it will launch in the second quarter of the year, Chief Executive Officer Ignacio ...
Gold, they claim to be the largest gold show mine worldwide, over 30 km underground galleries, underground lake 20°23′29″S 43°26′19″W / 20.3913°S 43.4385°W / -20.3913; -43.4385 ( Minas da
The collapse of Vale's Brumadinho iron ore tailings dam in Brazil was both shocking and devastating in its impact. It was the 11th serious tailings dam failure in the last decade and such ...
The Monongah Mining Disaster was the worst mining accident of American history; 362 workers were killed in an underground explosion on December 6, 1907, in Monongah, West Virginia. The U.S. Bureau of Mines was created in 1910 to investigate accidents, advise industry, conduct production and safety research, and teach courses in accident ...
Companhia Brasileira de Metalurgia e Mineração (Portuguese for Brazilian Metallurgy and Mining Company), or CBMM for short, is a Brazilian company that specializes in the processing and technology of niobium, extracted from its pyrochlore mine near the city of Araxá, in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais.