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All 128 miners safely evacuated after incident at Russian mine

Over 100 miners were evacuated from a Siberian coal mine after fire sensors were triggered.

Reuters | December 19, 2021 | 11:05 am

Global coal use to hit record high despite climate fight

The IEA says total coal demand — including its use…

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 17, 2021 | 3:55 am

Blockchain could answer big supply chain questions, says BHP

"In two separate trials, we’ve used blockchain to exchange data…

MINING.com Editor | December 14, 2021 | 2:51 pm

How a less-than six-month-old fund shook the nuclear fuel market

The Sprott Physical Uranium Trust holds almost a third of…

Bloomberg News | December 12, 2021 | 1:42 pm

Swedish consortium gets funding to commercialize grid-scale energy storage concept

Mine Storage aims to build the world’s first commercial underground…

MINING.COM Staff Writer | December 8, 2021 | 2:39 pm

Europe to spend billions on lithium-ion battery plants

The goal is to reduce reliance on batteries from Asia, particularly China and South Korea.

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 15, 2018 | 9:43 am

Top uranium producer Kazatomprom may sell 25% stake in London/Astana float

Kazatomprom to sell up to 25 pct stake on LSE, AIX whilst the sovereign wealth fund remains 75% owner.

Reuters | October 15, 2018 | 9:28 am

More than 400 jobs to go at Glencore’s Hail Creek coal mine

The company also said it would reconfigure the mining methods used at Hail Creek, a process that will be phased in over the next 18 months.

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 15, 2018 | 3:57 am

Australia’s coal sector hopeful

A new report prepared for the Minerals Council of Australia forecasts that the demand for metallurgical coal to 2030 will grow by over 95Mt.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | October 14, 2018 | 1:08 pm

Peabody Energy to shut parts of Queensland mine after fire

Peabody Energy intends to permanently seal the area where high methane levels have been concentrated after it reported fire in its North Goonyella mine.

Reuters | October 12, 2018 | 10:00 am

Mining in the Mekong: Myanmar to outperform, Thailand to underperform – report

Myanmar is expected to lead in the Mekong region for mining industry growth, driven by the high production growth of tin, lead and coal.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | October 10, 2018 | 4:50 pm

Top copper miner almost sold out on strong China demand

Chinese copper demand has been so strong in the past few months that top producer Codelco has almost sold out of supplies for next year, well ahead of schedule.

Bloomberg News | October 10, 2018 | 1:42 pm

The real cash cow in mining isn’t metals. It’s bad old coal

For all the bullish talk about metals of the future, miners are making some of their biggest profits from heavy-industry stalwart coal.

Bloomberg News | October 10, 2018 | 12:55 pm

BHP aims to restart Olympic Dam copper facility this month

In August, BHP had shut an acid plant following a boiler tube failure, disrupting copper processing. Underground mining at the site continued as normal.

Reuters | October 10, 2018 | 2:00 am

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