Rio Tinto to keep South African operation shut

Richards Bay Minerals, shut down following the murder of the top manager, will open only if safety of people is guaranteed.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 12, 2021 | 7:35 am

The project could become one of the largest and highest-grade open-pit gold mines in the US —and the country’s only primary producer of antimony.

MINING.com Editor | July 1, 2021 | 12:43 pm

NioCorp is currently developing a superalloy materials project in southeast Nebraska that will produce niobium, scandium and titanium.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | June 29, 2021 | 9:26 am

A Hallgarten & Company whitepaper published this year positions the critical mineral antimony as the "new metal in mass storage."

Amanda Stutt | June 25, 2021 | 2:21 pm

The country plans to auction Europe's largest titanium and zirconium miner, United Mining and Chemical Company, on Aug. 31.

Reuters | June 22, 2021 | 7:38 am

The plant uses a new process developed by RTFT to extract high purity scandium oxide from the waste streams of titanium dioxide production.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | June 17, 2021 | 1:42 pm

Noront has an "immediate need for funding."

MINING.com Editor | June 7, 2021 | 9:43 am

Researchers at McGill University unlocked the mystery of how perovskites act as semiconductors even when there are defects in the material.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | May 31, 2021 | 6:06 am

Phosphate shortage could disrupt LFP market as early as 2026, says First Phosphate CEO