MINING.com Editor, Author at MINING.COM

Aussie company signs agreement with Argentinian province over lithium assets

The deal confirms the company’s tenure of ~45,000 hectares of mining leases that cover the Olaroz – Cauchari Lithium Brine Project and the Paso Lithium Brine Project.

MINING.com Editor | February 28, 2018 | 7:50 pm

Samarco iron ore mine could reopen this year

Samarco Mineracao – a Vale-BHP joint venture – ceased operations in November 2015 following a deadly tailings dam burst.

MINING.com Editor | February 28, 2018 | 11:37 am

Fremont to acquire property in world’s second richest gold province

Barrick Gold’s Goldstrike mine complex and Newmont’s North and South Carlin complexes are located in this area.

MINING.com Editor | February 21, 2018 | 4:46 pm

Barrick exec. to chair Global Mining Standards and Guidelines Group

Barrick Gold’s Chief Innovation Officer, Michelle Ash, will become the new Chair of GMSG in May 2018.

MINING.com Editor | February 20, 2018 | 8:54 am

Moody’s bullish on base metals, US steel

Base metals should continue to do well in 2018 along with the US steel industry, though American coal will continue to lose ground to natural gas.

MINING.com Editor | February 18, 2018 | 8:05 pm

In Iceland, more energy will be used for bitcoin mining than powering homes

Mining bitcoins requires a great deal of computing power which in turn needs a lot of electricity to solve the computational puzzles that reward miners with cryptocurrency.

MINING.com Editor | February 11, 2018 | 7:59 pm