Chinese consortium puts workers on forced leave after Guinea halts Simandou WCS forced workers to take one month's leave, and if the project has not restarted after that, they will be laid off. Reuters | July 18, 2022 | 7:35 am
Botswana Diamonds kicks off drilling at Thorny River’s high-grade area The exploration program focuses on the recently discovered high-grade geophysical area of the diamond project. Cecilia Jamasmie | July 18, 2022 | 6:41 am
Education Spotlight: Safety and operational efficiency Vista Training CEO and Edumine course designer Bruce Rabe learned very early in life how vital safety measures are to operating industrial machinery. Amanda Stutt | July 18, 2022 | 6:00 am
Feeding copper to microbes may help curb GHG emissions Copper is key to avoiding the production of nitrous oxide, the third most potent greenhouse gas. Staff Writer | July 18, 2022 | 5:05 am
Barrick close to final deal with Pakistan on $7bn copper project Teams from Barrick and Pakistan are currently finalizing a framework deal to develop the giant Reko Diq copper-gold deposit. Cecilia Jamasmie | July 18, 2022 | 4:00 am
BHP may reconsider investments in Chile if tax hikes go forward BHP said in a statement that higher taxes would make Chile more expensive than other top mining jurisdictions like Australia, Canada and Peru. Reuters | July 17, 2022 | 10:42 am
CMOC’s Congo mine suspends copper and cobalt exports MOC's Tenke Fungurume copper and cobalt mine has suspended all exports. Reuters | July 17, 2022 | 10:34 am
Hundreds of hectares of pristine rainforest destroyed by illegal mining in Venezuela A local NGO says that the destruction of Venezuela’s tropical rainforest by illegal miners and armed groups is done with authorities’ consent. Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | July 17, 2022 | 8:07 am
Ancient piece of earth’s crust defines location of economically important minerals The almost four billion-year-old piece of the earth's crust lies beneath the southwestern part of Western Australia. Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | July 17, 2022 | 7:31 am
