Canada injects $75 million into BHP’s Jansen potash mineBHP is building Jansen in stages, with the first one estimated to cost $5.7 billion and yield 4.35 million tonnes of potash per year.Cecilia Jamasmie | January 31, 2023 | 3:19 am
Rio Tinto sorry for loss of radioactive capsule in AustraliaThe loss of a small, but “highly radioactive” widget has…Cecilia Jamasmie | January 30, 2023 | 3:44 am
Asteroid mining startup AstroForge to launch first space missions this yearThe first launch, scheduled for April, will test AstroForge’s technique…Bloomberg News | January 24, 2023 | 8:19 am
Silver-infused bacteria make fuel cells more efficient Microbial fuel cells utilize natural bacteria to extract electrons from organic matter in wastewater to generate electrical currents. MINING.COM Staff Writer | October 13, 2021 | 6:06 am
Tesla inks multi-year nickel supply deal with Prony Resources The New Caledonian miner will provide the US carmaker with about 42,000 tonnes of the metal needed to produce batteries that power its EVs. Cecilia Jamasmie | October 13, 2021 | 3:53 am
Breakthrough for Rio Tinto’s smelter hydropower project in British Columbia The tunnel boring machine cut 7.6 kilometres through the rock in remote mountains over 30 months, completing the route for a 16 kilometre tunnel that was started in the early 1990s. MINING.com Editor | October 12, 2021 | 2:50 pm
Barrick installs first PhotonAssay lab at Bulyanhulu gold mine The Bulyanhulu mine is on track to produced between 170,000 and 200,000 oz of gold this year. Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 12, 2021 | 10:43 am
Ivanhoe’s DRC copper mine to double production ahead of schedule Kamoa-Kakula Phase 2’s concentrator plant, which will double copper output, to start operations a quarter earlier. Cecilia Jamasmie | October 12, 2021 | 7:09 am
Scientists explore possibility of mining iron, nickel, cobalt-rich near-earth asteroids Metal-rich asteroids are similar to some stony-iron meteorites found on Earth. Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | October 11, 2021 | 6:06 am
BHP completes its first delivery of carbon neutral copper BHP and Southwire have collaborated for their first transaction involving carbon neutral copper. MINING.COM Staff Writer | October 8, 2021 | 9:12 am
Antofagasta to test use of hydrogen in mining equipment The copper miner has begun testing hydrogen-powered haulage truck at its Centinela copper mine, in northern Chile. Cecilia Jamasmie | October 8, 2021 | 6:56 am
Weir Group cuts profit outlook following crippling cyberattack Q4 revenue slippage in Weir’s minerals division adds to FY profit headwinds. Henry Lazenby | October 7, 2021 | 12:02 pm