A Canadian university professor is presenting a new approach to artisanal mining that could prove beneficial both to miners and investors. Marcello Veiga, a professor at […]
The Raspadskaya mine in Russia's Siberia, where at least 52 people died in the double accidental blasts at the weekend, was one of the world's most technically advanced coal mines. However, even the most advanced safety system can not provide 100 percent protection against methane gas explosions in mines, a leading Russian expert said on Tuesday.
The Fraser Institute, in its annual survey of mining companies, ranked Quebec as the most attractive place in the world for mineral exploration. Other Canadian provinces fared well, while Venezuela and California did not.
While waste management could never be construed as sustainable there are aspects of tailings management for which more sustainable practices can be identified.
A Peruvian engineer says he has come up with an environmentally sound way to isolate gold from clumps of sand without using toxic mercury that wildcat miners in the Amazon basin rely on to extract the precious metal, then dump into rivers.
