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Chile to launch public consultation on tailings regulation

Chile will launch a public consultation to modify Supreme Decree No. 248, which regulates tailings deposit design, construction, operation and closure.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | May 26, 2024 | 11:55 am

More than 670 feared dead in Papua New Guinea landslide, UN agency says

The landslide hit a section of highway near the Porgera…

Reuters | May 26, 2024 | 10:53 am

Electric mining vehicle industry’s value to reach $23 billion by 2044 – report

A new IDTechEx report notes that large EV batteries and…

Staff Writer | May 26, 2024 | 7:31 am

Hidden gold earring reveals forgotten episode of Carthage-Rome war

The gold earring was found inside a building destroyed during…

Staff Writer | May 26, 2024 | 7:12 am

Five killed after informal gold mine collapses in northern Kenya

The bodies of five miners have been recovered from the…

Reuters | May 25, 2024 | 12:13 pm

Nutrien freezes potash output ramp up, US ammonia project on weak market

The world's top fertilizer producer is indefinitely pausing plans to boost potash production due to market conditions.

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 4, 2023 | 5:53 am

Capstone building copper-cobalt district in Chile

By integrating the Mantoverde and Santo Domingo mines it expects to churn out 200,000t of copper and 6,000t of battery-grade cobalt a year.

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 4, 2023 | 3:55 am

Botswana Diamonds to begin production in South Africa

The miner said the proof of concept currently running at Marsfontein has provided key information for the development of Thorny River.

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 3, 2023 | 9:29 am

Canadian deep-sea miner TMC to seek licence in 2024

The Metals Company is ready to apply for a mining licence next year, with production expected as early as the fourth quarter of 2025.

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 3, 2023 | 5:15 am

Australian Strategic Materials inks deal to sell rare earths to US magnet maker

Australian Strategic Materials will supply about 60% of USA Rare Earth’s needs for the making of permanent magnets for EVs and wind turbines.

Staff Writer | August 3, 2023 | 3:45 am

How Rainbow Rare Earths plans to bootstrap itself onto the global stage

The company will use a technologically innovative approach to produce high-purity separated magnetic rare earth oxides from waste phosphogypsum stacks.

Henry Lazenby | August 2, 2023 | 3:29 pm