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Navajo Transitional Energy earns two national awards for mine safety and stewardship

Navajo mine received both a Sentinels of Safety and a National Reclamation award in a single year.

Staff Writer | November 15, 2022 | 1:36 pm

Scientists dig for answers inside mineral-rich meteorites

The goal is to learn how the young earth acquired…

Staff Writer | November 13, 2022 | 5:24 am

Integra’s Andrée St-Germain on overcoming self-doubt and ‘paying your dues’: Mining Legends Speaker Series interview

Mining Legends Speaker Series pairs CMHF inductees with accomplished young…

Amanda Stutt | November 11, 2022 | 10:29 am

Growing human rights focus in due diligence for lenders

The growing focus on human rights goes well beyond the…

By Vassie Maharaj and Dr Vidette Bester, SRK Consulting | November 10, 2022 | 12:54 pm

Metal detectorist finds Viking Age silver treasure

Forty-six silver objects found by accident in central Norway turned…

Staff Writer | November 9, 2022 | 7:00 am

The View from England: China analysts remain in the dark

Miners are almost blind to demand trends in the largest consumer of metals and minerals.

Chris Hinde - The Northern Miner | October 29, 2021 | 12:27 pm

COP26 will be a colossal mining cop-out

New report lays out how the green energy transition “starts and ends with metals” but the required exponential growth in mining is a glaring hole in US and global decarbonisation strategies.

Frik Els | October 28, 2021 | 3:18 pm

UN deep-sea mining rules unlikely to be completed by 2023, Latam countries say

The UN's International Seabed Authority (ISA) is working on global rules covering sea bed mining, which is not allowed until the regulations are finalised.

Reuters | October 28, 2021 | 7:30 am

Australia plans to boost mineral discovery with new drill core research lab

CSIRO together with the Science and Industry Endowment Fund, the University of Western Australia and Curtin University just opened a Geoscience Drill Core Research Laboratory.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | October 28, 2021 | 5:17 am

Cobalt-60 — a life-saving medical isotope harvested at Onatrio Nuclear Generating Station

Ontario's CANDU reactors produce 50% of the world's supply of Cobalt-60.

MINING.com Editor | October 27, 2021 | 2:09 pm

Colombian Mining Association establishes sustainable mining standard

Producers of coal, gold, nickel, emeralds, copper and industrial minerals in the country will adopt a set of indicators to measure and publicly report on the quality of its management systems.

MINING.com Editor | October 26, 2021 | 1:39 pm

Citric acid can be used to extract rare earth metals from coal ash

The method, if widely adopted, could turn coal ash from an environmental pariah into a commercially viable product, researcher says.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | October 26, 2021 | 6:06 am

Caterpillar gears up for green energy transition, automation age

MINING.COM sits down for a conversation with Denise Johnson, Caterpillar’s mining chief, to talk about the future of mining and the trends shaping the industry.

Frik Els | October 25, 2021 | 1:19 pm

What automation, AI, AR and robotics mean for the future of work in mining

A new report by Wikistrat and idoba analyzes the impacts that technological developments and ESG issues are likely to have on workers in the mining industry.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | October 24, 2021 | 12:38 pm

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