Nominations open for 2024 Young Mining Professional of the Year AwardsYMP is soliciting nominations from the public to identify the top leaders in the mining and metals industry.Staff Writer | November 8, 2023 | 12:14 pm
USGS provides $2 million to states to identify critical mineral potential in mine wasteEarth Mapping Resources Initiative to modernize understanding of geologic framework…Staff Writer | November 7, 2023 | 3:22 pm
New theory aims to explain how gold, platinum deposits formed on earth’s mantleThe new theory centers around a thin, "transient" region of…Staff Writer | November 6, 2023 | 6:06 am
Three-quarters of small earthquakes in South Korea related to mining explosions – study Out of 182,000 small seismic events that took place in seven years in South Korea, 135,000 were related to mining explosions. Staff Writer | April 30, 2023 | 7:34 am
Women in Mining Spotlight: Jeannette McGill VP and General Manager of Metals and Mining at AspenTech was former Head of Technology & Innovation: Platinum at Anglo American. Amanda Stutt | April 28, 2023 | 11:52 am
NASA’s mineral mapping instrument goes into retirement NASA’s Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars produced maps that make it easy to tie mineral deposits observed in high-resolution images to regional scale trends. Staff Writer | April 27, 2023 | 6:06 am
Flexible gold sensor may become game-changer for body glucose monitoring Gold offers a new route toward miniaturized, flexible, implanted medical devices to diagnose and treat chronic diseases. Staff Writer | April 26, 2023 | 6:06 am
Indigenous woman wins prize for campaign against mining firms in Amazon Alessandra Korap Munduruku has been awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize. Reuters | April 24, 2023 | 3:03 pm
Blackbeard didn’t trade with coal, recent discoveries show The US Navy is to blame for some coal found on one of Blackbeard’s ships. Staff Writer | April 23, 2023 | 6:06 am
Odds ‘n’ Sods: How not to drill a project, Part 1 In 1996 the author was sent to Iran to supervise a drill program at a gold project called Zarshuran. It didn't go well. Ralph Rushton | April 21, 2023 | 12:05 pm
Mining companies need new strategies to deliver low-carbon transition – report “In the last year, energy security has trumped sustainability,” says Wood Mackenzie. MINING.com Editor | April 20, 2023 | 4:25 pm
Tailings dams affect diversity of upstream fish species – study Brazilian researchers found that streams flowing into tailings storage dams had fewer catfish species. Staff Writer | April 20, 2023 | 6:12 am