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Armenia approves restart of Amulsar gold mine

Lydian broke ground at Amulsar in 2016, but development was indefinitely halted two years later over pressure from environmental activists.

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 28, 2023 | 6:53 am

How zircon helps identify untapped copper deposits

Zircons are considered nature’s time capsules.

Staff Writer | February 28, 2023 | 6:02 am

Australia blocks Chinese investor from raising stake in rare earths miner

The Foreign Investment Review Board did not allow Northern Minerals'…

MINING.COM Editor | February 28, 2023 | 3:46 am

Recharge Industries grabs failed startup Britishvolt

The Australian firm has bought Britishvolt, which planned a battery…

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 27, 2023 | 5:33 am

Bear Creek eyes 49% output increase from Mercedes gold mine this year

The Mercedes mine is forecast to produce 65,000 to 75,000…

Staff Writer | February 26, 2023 | 10:07 am

Torex Gold’s Media Luna resources up by nearly a quarter

The asset’s updated mineral resource estimate is now 4.39m gold-equivalent ounces, up from the 3.54m reported in April 2021.

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 1, 2022 | 6:51 am

Holistic approach to EV charging infrastructure brings green future closer – report

A report by IDTechEx estimates that there will be 18.7 million units in electric vehicle fleets on the road by 2032, which explains the current ramp-up of charging infrastructure.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | March 1, 2022 | 5:05 am

Rusal halts alumina shipments from Ukraine

The move by the world’s top aluminium producer outside China, threatens to further tighten a market that’s already short on supply.

MINING.COM Editor | February 28, 2022 | 9:44 am

Iron ore price rises as Russia-Ukraine conflict stokes supply concerns

While Russia and Ukraine are not major suppliers of iron ore to China, the two countries now at war usually export to other European countries.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | February 28, 2022 | 8:34 am

Perseus Mining becomes sole owner of Orca Gold in $155m deal

Perseus currently owns a 15% stake in the Canadian developer, which is developing the Block 14 gold project in northern Sudan.

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 28, 2022 | 6:58 am

Road de-icing, mined salt damaging freshwater ecosystems

The use or production of salt in mining operations, road de-icing, and agriculture fertilizers are causing freshwater salinization.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | February 28, 2022 | 6:06 am

BHP invests $79m in South America-focused Filo Mining

The Canadian junior is developing a copper-gold-silver project straddling the border between Argentina and Chile.

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 28, 2022 | 3:51 am

There is a connection between Mars and heavy metal-polluted Rio Tinto estuary

Goethite, red hematite, schwertmannite and jarosite link Mars to Spain’s Rio Tinto.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | February 27, 2022 | 6:25 am

Iamgold reports fire at Côté batch plant

The fire at the Côté gold project in Ontario was extinguished and no injuries were reported.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | February 25, 2022 | 2:31 pm

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