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Gold Fields delays start of $1bn Chilean project until April

First gold production from the Salares Norte project in Chile is now expected in the second quarter of the year.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 2, 2024 | 3:48 am

Ionic Rare Earths granted mining licence in Uganda

The license clears the way for mining at the Makuutu…

Staff Writer | January 2, 2024 | 2:24 am

New Year’s resolutions for miners – 2024

Timothy Foden, partner in international arbitration group at law firm Boies…

Amanda Stutt | December 30, 2023 | 9:35 am

Paramount Gold closes $15 million funding with Sprott to advance Grassy Mountain mine

The proposed mine has an initial eight-year life producing 47,000…

Staff Writer | December 28, 2023 | 11:21 am

Mexico finds first remains of coal miners lost in 2022 accident

Mexican authorities have located the remains of two of the…

Reuters | December 28, 2023 | 10:37 am

Rare earths-free thermoelectric converters now viable – research

Researchers have developed a new material to avoid using rare earths in heat-to-energy conversion devices.

Staff Writer | July 26, 2022 | 5:42 am

Greenland Minerals to fight draft rejection of mining permit for rare earths project

The miner will object the draft decision as it relies on a ban on uranium mining, which is being contested separately through arbitration.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 26, 2022 | 3:58 am

Voyager Metals calculates $1.6bn after-tax NPV, 43% IRR for Mont Sorcier iron-vanadium project

Over a 21-year mine life, Mont Sorcier's annual production target is set at 5Mt of high-grade, low-impurity iron concentrate grading 65% iron with 0.52% V2O5 per tonne.

Staff Writer | July 25, 2022 | 10:55 am

Codelco resuming work at halted projects after deaths

It has begun to gradually restart two of its projects, which were halted last week following the death of two workers at different locations.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 25, 2022 | 6:58 am

High-performance aluminum alloys can now be produced with little energy

Researchers have developed a new process that cuts in half the energy needed to manufacture high-performance aluminum alloys.

Staff Writer | July 25, 2022 | 5:05 am

South32 hasn’t found buyer for Eagle Downs coal project

It said that offers to date for the metallurgical coal project in Queensland, Australia, have been unacceptable.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 25, 2022 | 3:49 am

Fifty-thousand-year-old diamonds may be used to design ultra-hard yet malleable electronics

Researchers say diamonds formed during a high-energy shock wave from an asteroid collision around 50,000 years ago have unique and exceptional properties.

Staff Writer | July 24, 2022 | 8:00 am

Copper price rises as risk appetite returns

Global stocks are up for the sixth day and the dollar weakened from 20-year highs.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | July 22, 2022 | 9:02 am

Chile rejects second Anglo American project in two months

Local environmental authority turned down Anglo's $40 million operational continuity project for its El Soldado copper mine.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 22, 2022 | 7:55 am

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