London-listed rare earths miner Pensana has signed a nonbinding memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Japanese trading group Hanwa for the offtake up to 20 000 t/y of mixed rare earth carbonate (MREC). Pensana holds 84% of the Longonjo...
Rio Tinto Kennecott has announced a $450,000 partnership with Utah State University’s Janet Quinney Lawson Institute for Land, Water, and Air. The Institute is an interdisciplinary initiative designed to convene appropriate stakeholders to research, study,...
Anax Metals and Artemis Resources have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU), marking the formation of a copper alliance in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. The MoU will assess the potential of treating copper from Artemis’ Greater Carlow resource at...
Government agency Export Development Canada (EDC) may provide a $500-million loan for the Crawford nickel sulphide project in Timmins, Ontario. This is according to project owner Canada Nickel, which on Friday announced the receipt of a letter of interest (LoI) from...
Mining companies Vale and BHP, together with their joint venture Samarco, may soon reach an agreement with Brazilian authorities to pay around 100-billion reais ($17.87-billion) for the collapse of a dam in the city of Mariana, said four sources familiar with the...
Wales has a long history of coal mining and the country was key in firing up the industrial revolution. Once abandoned, it left Wales with one of the longest legacy carbon footprints of any country in the world. A new project aims to pay back some of this...
