by Gordon Barratt | Mar 11, 2021 | News
Rio Tinto has found a way to extract Scandium from its titanium dioxide operation in Quebec, Canada. Source: Rio Tinto. Rio Tinto has sold its first batch of aluminium-scandium alloy to Australian metal additive manufacturer Amaero, which will be supplied from the Rio...
by Gordon Barratt | Mar 11, 2021 | News
Latest News Newmont Corporation has agreed to acquire Canadian miner GT Gold Corp for $US311 million ($402 million) in a deal that will bolster its copper-gold output. A key driver of the agreement is GT Gold’s Tatogga project in British Columbia, Canada, which is 20...
by Gordon Barratt | Mar 11, 2021 | News
IMAGE COPYRIGHTAFP image captionThe spill happened last May and saw some 21,000 tonnes of diesel pour into rivers A mining firm has paid a record $2bn (£1.4bn) fine over a huge oil spill that caused one of Russia’s worst environmental disasters. Norilsk Nickel,...
by Gordon Barratt | Mar 10, 2021 | News
The White Mesa mill, in Utah US-based uranium mining company Energy Fuels is on the cusp of starting commercial rare earth production in Utah. The first shipments of natural monazite ore from Chemours have arrived at the White Mesa mill, in Blanding, marking the...
by Gordon Barratt | Mar 10, 2021 | News
Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec Mining major Rio Tinto has announced a C$92-million investment in in maintenance work and upgrades to improve the reliability and efficiency of its Isle-Maligne hydroelectric station, which is essential to the production of...
by Gordon Barratt | Mar 10, 2021 | News
A University of South Australia (UniSA) research project has found that only 3 per cent of women in the geosciences sector have achieved their career goals. The interview-based study, which was aimed at investigating the lack of gender diversity in geosciences, asked...
