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Mesto Outotec doubles Brazilian screening manufacturing to meet demand

The total Sorocaba production capacity will grow to 500 from 250 units per year.

Staff Writer | April 18, 2023 | 11:35 am

New battery recycling system allows for 70% lithium recovery

A new recycling system allows for recovering 70% of lithium…

Staff Writer | April 17, 2023 | 5:30 am

How humanity’s conquest of space will depend on mining lunar water

The clock is ticking to find suitable mining methods applicable…

Henry Lazenby | April 14, 2023 | 3:36 pm

Apple to use only recycled cobalt in batteries by 2025

A quarter of all cobalt used in Apple products came…

Reuters | April 13, 2023 | 2:21 pm

Artemis Gold buys Caterpillar fleet for Blackwater mine construction in British Columbia

Blackwater open-pit gold mine south of Vanderhoof will be largest…

Nelson Bennett - Business in Vancouver | April 13, 2023 | 1:19 pm

Metso Outotec awarded €150 million order for key technology to Boliden’s Green Zinc Odda project in Norway

With the expansion, Boliden Odda is planning to increase its annual production capacity of zinc metal from 200,000 to 350,000 tonnes.

Metso Outotec | December 30, 2021 | 12:23 pm

More than 50,000 Finnish industrial workers threaten to strike over wage dispute

The 10-day strike would affect operations at over 200 companies in Finland.

Reuters | December 30, 2021 | 9:19 am

Romans exploited silver deposits in Portugal, Spain to make coins

European researchers determined which locations may have been mined for silver to produce Roman coinage.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | December 29, 2021 | 11:50 am

Chilean researchers want to turn copper tailings into construction materials

Besides limiting the accumulation of tailings in the environment, the process drastically cuts the almost one tonne of CO2 that is released into the atmosphere per tonne of cement produced under conventional mechanisms.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | December 28, 2021 | 12:13 pm

Newcrest awards $14.5m pit equipment order to Sandvik

Newcrest has ordered two Sandvik Leopard DI650i, and two Sandvik DR412i for use at the Red Chris mine in British Columbia.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | December 23, 2021 | 11:12 am

New industrial WiFi system to bring 6G technologies to remote, underground mines

University of Sydney researchers are developing an industrial long-range WiFi system that transmits signals to hard-to-reach places while maintaining high data rates.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | December 23, 2021 | 6:06 am

Pure copper ingots unlock secrets of Iron Age trade routes

Elemental and lead isotope analyses of ancient copper ingots unlocked secrets of Early Iron Age trade routes and how Indigenous Mediterranean communities functioned 2,600 years ago.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | December 20, 2021 | 6:06 am

New copper product kills bacteria 100 times faster than standard copper

A new copper product could help combat the growing threat of antibiotic-resistant superbugs.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | December 19, 2021 | 8:03 am

MMG shuts down Las Bambas copper mine as talks fail

The company will stop production from Dec. 18 after failing to reach an agreement with the Peruvian community blocking a transport road to the mine.

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 16, 2021 | 3:55 am

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