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Biden admin still undecided on Minnesota copper mine project

Thursday, May 6th, 2021

US President Joe Biden US Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said on Wednesday that the White House has not decided on the fate of the Twin Metals copper read more >

BHP hands Olympic Dam contract to Boom

Thursday, May 6th, 2021

BHP’s Olympic Dam operation in South Australia. BHP has awarded a $15 million smelter maintenance contract at the Olympic Dam operation in South Australia to read more >

Mining metals without a shovel in sight

Thursday, May 6th, 2021

Image: Shutterstock Researchers have developed a technique for extracting precious metals from hard rock ore without digging. Published in Science Advances, the research team included the read more >

TILEMANN has record turnover with Chains for Semi-Portal Reclaimer

Wednesday, May 5th, 2021

At the beginning of the year TILEMANN GmbH, specialist manufacturer of Bucket Elevator Chains, Scraper Chains and Conveyor Chains, continued its trend of strong business, read more >

Quick check of the oil chamber

Wednesday, May 5th, 2021

For dewatering and wastewater pumps to last a long time, every part of them must run nicely. If users suspect a defect in the oil read more >

Largo Resources taps Brazil in vanadium battery push

Wednesday, May 5th, 2021

US-based Largo Clean Energy is preparing to produce batteries using vanadium extracted from northeastern Brazil, the company’s chief executive said on Tuesday, in a bid read more >

Clean energy transition could bottleneck mining supply chains

Wednesday, May 5th, 2021

KPMG has encouraged a larger focus on securing the supply of resources needed for the world’s clean energy transition. Its report, Resourcing the Energy Transition: Making read more >

Exploration boosted by $100m funding package

Wednesday, May 5th, 2021

The Australian Government has extended the Junior Minerals Exploration Incentive (JMEI) by four years with an additional $100 million in funding. The JMEI extension aims read more >

PAUS North America Inc. established

Tuesday, May 4th, 2021

PAUS GmbH, well-known manufacturer of specialized underground mining equipment has expanded its network: Effective April 1, PAUS North America Inc. was found in Walton Hills, read more >

European deep-sea mining robot recovered at bottom of Pacific

Tuesday, May 4th, 2021

A deep-sea mining robot reported lost at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean has been recovered and will continue to undergo testing in the cobalt-rich read more >

Record metals prices catapult mining profits beyond big oil

Tuesday, May 4th, 2021

Major oil producers, for decades the natural resource industry’s top earners, are being eclipsed by once-smaller mining peers who are churning out record profits thanks read more >

Weir Minerals launches training program for rubber liners

Tuesday, May 4th, 2021

Inspecting a Linatex lined piece of equipment at Ulaanbaatar service centre Weir Minerals is collaborating with TAFE NSW to upskill its employees with targeted training read more >

Rio Tinto introduces global standard for tailings

Tuesday, May 4th, 2021

Rio Tinto has revised how it will manage tailings facilities to comply with the Global Industry Standard for Tailings Management (GISTM). In August 2020, Rio read more >

Poland prolongs Turow mine life despite international outcry

Friday, April 30th, 2021

The Czech Republic filed a lawsuit against Poland in February, saying Warsaw had violated the bloc’s law with an earlier extension of mining at Turów until read more >

Chile accelerates deadline to shut down coal-fired power plants

Friday, April 30th, 2021

Chile plans to close half of its coal-fired power plants by 2025, 15 years ahead of a deadline to eliminate the fossil fuel from its read more >

De Beers overtakes Newmont to lead ESG ranking of global miners

Friday, April 30th, 2021

The world’s biggest diamond producer may not be the first name that comes to mind in a ranking of top ESG performers. But that’s what read more >

Copper climbs to decade high

Friday, April 30th, 2021

Copper has reached $US10,008 ($12,868) per tonne on the London Metal Exchange as the red metal inches closer to its highest price since 2011. While read more >

OceanaGold persists through NZ, US troubles

Friday, April 30th, 2021

OceanaGold is on track to deliver production at the Martha underground mine in New Zealand late this quarter after entering production this year. Martha is read more >

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