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New graphite-based material can be ‘everything all at once’

A new material can be tuned to exhibit three important properties never before seen in natural graphite.

Staff Writer | October 31, 2023 | 6:06 am

BHP to inject $4.9 billion into Jansen to double potash output

BHP is going ahead with Jansen stage two expansion, even…

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 31, 2023 | 3:36 am

Gem Diamonds finds 117-carat diamond at Letseng

The discovery of the white Type IIa rough diamond is…

Staff Writer | October 30, 2023 | 9:12 am

Appian invests in US graphite-focused firm Urbix

Appian has also inked a deal with Urbix to develop…

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 30, 2023 | 6:23 am

World’s largest gold bracteate may hold clues on Denmark’s autocratic clan leaders

Danish researchers are employing cutting-edge technology to digitally unfold the…

Staff Writer | October 30, 2023 | 6:06 am

Ancient piece of earth’s crust defines location of economically important minerals

The almost four billion-year-old piece of the earth's crust lies beneath the southwestern part of Western Australia.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | July 17, 2022 | 7:31 am

Tailings pond collapse kills dozens of freshwater fish in Costa Rica

Torrential rains are suspected to be the cause of the collapse of a tailings pond in the western Abangares canton.

Staff Writer | July 17, 2022 | 5:41 am

Cost of expansion at Rio Tinto’s Oyu Tolgoi rises again

A cost and schedule reforecast now pegs the total project costs at $7.06 billion, almost $1.8 billion higher than its original estimate in 2015.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 15, 2022 | 4:01 am

US environmentalists take aim at British Columbia mines

Four American environmental groups are pointing to a report commissioned by the BC Mining Law Reform and SkeenaWild Conservation Trust that analyzes the risks of tailings pond failures in B.C.

Nelson Bennett - Business in Vancouver | July 14, 2022 | 3:48 pm

Anglo American, Nippon Steel to work on low-carbon steelmaking

They will work on solutions for lower-carbon steelmaking, a process responsible for up to 9% of global greenhouse emissions.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 14, 2022 | 3:55 am

Ecuador court endorses environmental permits for Dundee’s Loma Larga gold project

The Judicial Labour Unit of the southern city of Cuenca also reaffirmed Dundee’s mining concessions in Ecuador.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 13, 2022 | 6:58 am

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New graphite-based material can be ‘everything all at once’

BHP to inject $4.9 billion into Jansen to double potash output

Gem Diamonds finds 117-carat diamond at Letseng

Appian invests in US graphite-focused firm Urbix

World’s largest gold bracteate may hold clues on Denmark’s autocratic clan leaders

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Ancient piece of earth’s crust defines location of economically important minerals

Tailings pond collapse kills dozens of freshwater fish in Costa Rica

Cost of expansion at Rio Tinto’s Oyu Tolgoi rises again

US environmentalists take aim at British Columbia mines

Anglo American, Nippon Steel to work on low-carbon steelmaking

Wallbridge spins out nickel assets to focus on gold

Iron ore price rebounds as China’s exports grow

Perpetua Resources begins early cleanup activities at historic Stibnite mine in Idaho

Ecuador court endorses environmental permits for Dundee’s Loma Larga gold project