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OBITUARY; Graham Farquharson – the straightshooter who busted Bre-X and changed the industry

Farquharson passed away this month in Toronto at the age of 81.

Naimul Karim | May 23, 2022 | 5:09 pm

Americas’ oldest mine now identified

An ancient mine in eastern Wyoming was used by humans…

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | May 22, 2022 | 6:06 am

The view from England: Party time as resources soar

Exploration expenditure rose 35% in 2021 to $11.2 billion,

Chris Hinde | May 20, 2022 | 11:50 am

McMaster University, USNC, GFP sign MOU to study deployment of micro modular reactor

Partnership is an important step in the launch of the…

Staff Writer | May 20, 2022 | 6:00 am

ESG to decide winners-losers in mining, says Friedland

"Companies that get it right will inherit the industry. Companies…

Bloomberg News | May 19, 2022 | 10:12 am

Adding copper salts to coal may increase combustion efficiency – study

Russian researchers found that adding copper salts to coal reduces the content of unburnt carbon in ash residue by 3.1 times and CO content by 40%.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | February 16, 2021 | 6:15 am

Deep Digital Cornwall project aims to unlock resources

The pioneering project is led by the Camborne School of Mines with the Institute for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence at the University of Exeter.

MINING.com Editor | February 15, 2021 | 1:13 pm

Graphene “nano-origami” creates tiniest microchips ever

Researchers believe this next generation of microchips could lead to computers and phones running thousands of times faster.

MINING.com Editor | February 15, 2021 | 11:03 am

Lithium could help control extreme heat in future fusion facilities

Injecting pellets of lithium into a tokamak’s divertor could help control high-risk conditions.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | February 14, 2021 | 6:55 am

MINING.COM MINUTE: Biggest stories of the week

A roundup of the biggest stories of the week.

MINING.com Editor | February 12, 2021 | 10:00 pm

JP Morgan: Commodities have begun new supercycle of “years-long gains”

Commodities have seen four supercycles over the past 100 years — with the last one peaking in 2008 after 12 years of expansion.

Bloomberg News | February 11, 2021 | 3:45 am

Odds ‘n’ Sods Part II: Sinking shafts in South Africa–hot, dangerous, and exhilarating

Eventually, assuming you have no wish to be an academic geologist or a waiter, reality bites and some sort of salaried earth science career is needed to fund the pub breaks.

Ralph Rushton - The Northern Miner | February 10, 2021 | 3:00 pm