EnviroCopper is set to conduct a site environmental lixiviant trial (SELT) to test copper extraction via in-situ recovery (ISR) at its Kapunda copper-gold project, following approval from the South Australian Department for Energy and Mining. To take place from the...
The status of one of the world’s most important copper mines remains clouded in uncertainty, more than a week after seismic activity caused widespread flooding deep below ground. Ivanhoe Mines’s Kamoa-Kakula complex in the Democratic Republic of Congo is one of the...
Burkina Faso is poised to increase its industrial gold mining this year as a project by Mauritius’s Soleil Resources International rises to full production and a new mine by Australia’s West African Resources starts output later this year. Production by the country’s...
Boasting China’s largest reserves of coal and solar resources and the second-largest wind energy potential, the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region has undergone a remarkable metamorphosis into a major national energy producer and domestic electricity provider....
Rio Tinto has awarded a $157 million contract to Primero Group, a wholly owned subsidiary of NRW Holdings, for its Hope Downs 1 sustaining project in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. The contract covers the design, supply, installation, construction, testing...
Mining company Perpetua Resources said it has been awarded up to $6.9-million in additional funding from the US Army for its Idaho antimony and gold Stibnite project. The Pentagon-backed mine, which would be the country’s first antimony project, has an estimated...
