by Gordon Barratt | May 13, 2025 | News
Chilean copper producer Codelco and global miner Rio Tinto will jointly aim to create a copper”mining district” around their shared Nuevo Cobre project in the Atacama region of northern Chile, Codelco said on Monday. The new...
by Gordon Barratt | May 13, 2025 | News
Nasdaq-listed The Metals Company (TMC) has secured a $37-million capital injection through a registered direct offering, positioning the company to advance its commercial plans for harvesting polymetallic nodules from international waters. The financing round is...
by Gordon Barratt | May 13, 2025 | News
Rio Tinto and Sumitomo Metal Mining have signed final agreements to accelerate the development of the Winu copper-gold project in the Great Sandy Desert in Western Australia. Under the joint venture agreement, Sumitomo will pay Rio Tinto up to $430.4 million for a 30...
by Gordon Barratt | May 13, 2025 | News
Thiess, Norton Gold Fields (NGF) and EACON Mining Technology have officially launched a landmark trial of autonomous haulage technology in Australia. The formal partnership agreement was signed during a ceremony in Melbourne, attended by senior executives. “This...
by Gordon Barratt | May 13, 2025 | News
“Natural gas is queen,” gushed Exelon energy executive John Rowe at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington. It was 2011, shortly after the Fukishima disaster boosted concerns about nuclear energy, and anxiety over global warming spawned scrutiny of king...