As demand for nickel grows, so do environmental concerns – report According to IDTechEx, automakers are worried because nickel mining involves large quantities of waste and very little metal recovered. MINING.COM Staff Writer | October 11, 2020 | 8:00 am
Canadian miner develops environmentally friendly way to produce potash Gensource Potash’s modules don’t generate tailings or require surface brine ponds. Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | October 11, 2020 | 7:30 am
Scientists tap into new rare earths deposits An experiment turned in to a solution that helps better understand where ‘heavy’ and ‘light’ rare earths may be concentrated in and around carbonatite intrusions. Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | October 11, 2020 | 6:54 am
Freeport does a balancing act as world’s biggest gold mine grapples with covid-19 The company is trying to maintain output at full blast while containing covid-19 in mines like Grasberg. Reuters | October 10, 2020 | 9:28 pm
Supervisors at Escondida copper mine fail to reach labor deal Escondida could continue to operate even if the supervisors strike, but a walk-off could nonetheless create bottlenecks and slowdowns. Reuters | October 9, 2020 | 2:16 pm
Chile has a calming message for car makers worried about lithium supplies Regulators in Chile say tougher environmental oversight won’t threaten future lithium production Bloomberg News | October 9, 2020 | 12:48 pm
Union at Collahuasi copper mine agrees to labor deal The talks at Collahuasi were widely seen as the most sensitive of 2020 in top copper producer Chile. Reuters | October 9, 2020 | 12:03 pm
Vale enters JV to expand Chinese port Company has teamed up with China's Zhoushan Port Company to build and operate Project West III in the port of Shulanghu. MINING.COM Staff Writer | October 9, 2020 | 11:44 am
Kyrgyzstan political turmoil and mining jurisdiction risks Recent attack on Kyrgyz mines exemplifies the risks faced by mine operators. Jackson Chen | October 9, 2020 | 11:41 am