Epiroc, a leading productivity and sustainability partner for the mining and construction industries, has completed the acquisition of the remaining share of ASI Mining, a U.S.-based autonomous mining solutions company. Epiroc already owned 34% of ASI Mining, which it...
German chemicals giant BASF has abandoned plans to invest in lithium mining assets in Chile as a slowdown in electric-vehicle adoption worldwide drags down battery metal prices. BASF withdrew from initial talks with Wealth Minerals, the Vancouver-based firm that has...
Fortescue and Liebherr Mining have announced a partnership to jointly develop and validate a fully integrated autonomous haulage solution (AHS). Fortescue aims to be the first AHS miner operating zero emissions vehicles globally. The new AHS, which is being developed,...
Rio Tinto has had a big week, with the major miner locking in plans to build two new solar farms in Australia and completing construction of a key solar power plant in Canada. Australia Rio Tinto plans to build two new 5.25-megawatt solar farms on the Gove Peninsula...
Chalice Mining and Mitsubishi Corporation will work together to progress Chalice’s Gonneville nickel-copper-platinum group elements (PGE) project. Under a non-binding memorandum of understanding (MoU), the two companies will collaborate on the ongoing pre-feasibility...
Democratic Republic of Congo’s State miner Gecamines said on Monday it would not approve the sale of cobalt miner Chemaf and its Congolese assets to Chinese miner Norin Mining. Gecamines leases these assets to Chemaf, which on Thursday said it had agreed a sale...
