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Copper price climbs amid Chinese currency recovery

New bank lending in China beat expectations by nearly quadrupling in August from July as the central bank sought to shore up economic growth.

Staff Writer | September 11, 2023 | 9:39 am

Scotgold shares halted as firm’s future in limbo

Scotgold said financing talks were at an “advanced stage”, but…

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 11, 2023 | 7:05 am

Rail companies can weaken effects of carbon taxes on coal-fired energy – research

New research explains how and why rail transportation companies have…

Staff Writer | September 10, 2023 | 5:18 am

Abandoned Minto mine in Yukon officially put up for sale

The mine started operations in 2007 and produced about 500…

Staff Writer | September 8, 2023 | 9:34 am

De Beers trusts talks will avoid strike at Venetia mine

The miner has presented a five-year wage deal that should…

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 8, 2023 | 6:36 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

Global sustainable debt issuance matched Canada’s GDP in 2021 – report

Data compiled by BloombergNEF show that the volumes of sustainable debt surpassed $1.6 trillion in 2021 alone.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | January 14, 2022 | 6:57 am

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