Rio Tinto partners with Schneider Electric to meet decarbonisation goals

As follow-up to the audit, the environment minister issued two decrees that gave Freeport six months to overhaul management of its mine waste at Grasberg.

Demand for electric vehicles, using cobalt in batteries, could spark a deficit of cobalt as soon as 2022.

Northern Dynasty stock drops 32% after pact with First Quantum to build giant Alaska copper-gold mine collapses.

Despite its insatiable appetite for materials, India is yet to impose itself among the mining heavyweights like Australia, China or even the U.K.

The pollution control board of Tamil Nadu said the smelter was found last week to be preparing to resume production without permission. 

McKinsey asks if the availability and rising prices of cobalt, lithium, copper and nickel will constrain greater electric vehicle penetration.

With new technologies providing opportunities for growth, mining companies are preparing to launch into a new wave of investment.

However, the Canadian Mining Eye index — which tracks the performance of 100 Toronto Stock Exchange and TSX Venture Exchange mid-tier and junior mining companies — dropped 8% in the three months to March 2018.

The Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) said the company failed to take precautions two avoid injuries at its mines earlier this week.