Outotec has launched a new series of cooling towers for use in processing applications that require efficient direct cooling, including zinc spent electrolyte cooling and copper solvent extraction, gypsum removal and other uses.
British Columbians support Enbridge Inc.’s proposed Northern Gateway pipeline project by a 48% to 32% margin, according to an Ipsos Reid survey released January 5.
The Philippine government on Friday ordered the shutdown of 500 small mines threatened by landslides in a southern town where a chunk of a mountain tumbled down on sleeping residents and killed at least 27 people.
As protests against the $4.8 billion Conga project in Peru resumed this week, Newmont Mining Corporation (NYSE: NEM) has put together a strategic document outlining its community investment projects related to the gold-copper project.
Despite U.S. hardrock mining's efforts to limit pollution, naturally occurring substances in minerals and metals still deliver a serious blow to its overall ranking in EPA's TRI data.
Union spokesman Virgo Solossa said Friday the miners will stop returning to the mine on Saturday if they are not paid salaries owed to them during a recent three-month strike.
Could Indian diamonds be in Rio Tinto's future? According to Daily News and Analysis, the Australian mega-miner has received approvals-in-principle from the Ministry of Mines to begin diamond mining operations in the state of Madhya Pradesh:
