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How molybdenum is helping reveal secrets of the deep earth

Molybdenum isotopes are helping researchers determine the composition of magmatic rocks, therefore revealing the structure of the subduction zone.

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

Birthplace of gold-rich stars finally revealed

Researchers have revealed the birthplace of stars with an abundance…

Staff Writer | November 23, 2022 | 6:10 am

Common fungus turns out to be inexpensive, effective way to deal with mercury pollution

Researchers' findings could provide an efficient way to protect crops…

Staff Writer | November 22, 2022 | 5:21 am

WIM100: Women in Mining UK names global top 100

The 2022 WIM100 was chosen from 915 nominations for 491…

Staff Writer | November 21, 2022 | 12:01 pm

How the state of Wyoming could supply the US with rare earth elements

Industry innovators are tapping coal and its waste streams to…

Amanda Stutt | November 18, 2022 | 1:51 pm

IMII awards five iMpowered scholarships in support of women, Indigenous students

This year’s winners are Lovely Es Amuan and Nicole Launders, both pursuing the mining engineering technology diploma program at Saskatchewan Polytechnic.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | November 2, 2021 | 6:00 am

Nova Scotia’s mining focus expands into critical minerals

Canada is the only Western nation that has an abundance of cobalt, graphite, lithium, and nickel, essential to creating the batteries and EVs of the future.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | November 1, 2021 | 6:34 am

Sulfur, selenium self-healing insulator proves highly effective on steel

Anticorrosion coating developed at Rice University and the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology is a good candidate for infrastructure projects and electronics.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | November 1, 2021 | 6:06 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

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