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Mining Association of Canada releases new equity, diversity and inclusion standards

Framework introduces a new performance indicator on psychological safety and respectful workplaces.

Staff Writer | June 26, 2023 | 1:41 pm

AngloGold to build one of Australia’s largest renewable energy projects

The wind and solar power plant will halve gas consumption…

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 26, 2023 | 9:01 am

Northern Dynasty’s Pebble copper project gains more time

The US Army Corps of Engineers has requested a second…

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 26, 2023 | 5:49 am

Patriot Battery Metals rebuffs company sale report

Australian media reported on Sunday that Patriot had appointed Macquarie…

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 26, 2023 | 3:57 am

Copying-pasting shallow mine designs increases risks in mass underground mines – expert

University of Queensland cave mining expert Andre van As says…

Staff Writer | June 25, 2023 | 11:50 am

Antofagasta says Chile water shortage to hit 2022 production

The company, which saw 2021 copper production drop by 1.7% to 721,500 tonnes, anticipates churning out 660,000 to 690,000 tonnes this year.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 19, 2022 | 3:58 am

Newly discovered ‘strange metal’ could be key to lossless power grids, quantum computers

Researchers found strange metal behaviour in a material in which electrical charge is not carried by electrons.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | January 18, 2022 | 6:06 am

First Quantum to pay $375m a year in royalties to Panama

The Canadian miner has reached a deal with the country's government to increase royalty payments from its flagship Cobre Panama copper mine.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 18, 2022 | 3:53 am

BHP to introduce electric trains at Pilbara mines

The four locomotives, scheduled for delivery in late 2023, will be supplied by Progress Rail, a unit of Caterpillar, and Wabtec Corp.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 17, 2022 | 3:55 am

One community in southern Peru says it won’t disrupt Las Bambas operations

The Challhuahuacho community signed a memorandum of understanding committing to avoid blockades on the Southern Mining Corridor.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | January 16, 2022 | 11:46 am

CO2 storage project in America’s coal country one step closer to becoming a reality

Recent drilling by CarbonSAFE is expected to provide information on the viability of a second carbon storage site in the top coal-producing state in the US.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | January 16, 2022 | 7:42 am

Flawed diamonds may be the key to quantum internet

Japanese researchers discovered that diamonds’ atomic defects where carbon is replaced by nitrogen or another element may offer a close-to-perfect interface for quantum computing.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | January 16, 2022 | 6:38 am

Endeavour Silver to buy SSR’s Pitarrilla project in Mexico for $70m

The Pitarrilla project, 160 km north of the city of Durango, has measured and indicated resources of 164.7 million tonnes grading 99.1 grams silver per tonne.

Northern Miner Staff | January 14, 2022 | 2:16 pm

Recycling plant aims to turn US coal country into rare earth powerhouse

“The mining industry needs to do a better job of utilizing innovative technologies as a way of looking to clean up environmental liabilities.”

Amanda Stutt | January 14, 2022 | 11:52 am

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