Hudbay halts Flin Flon mine An incident occurred during routine maintenance and inspection of the damage is expected to take several weeks. Jackson Chen | October 12, 2020 | 10:14 am
Aboriginal group says Fortescue applied to mine near destroyed caves The company recently applied for a mining license on an area that traditional owners identified as high cultural sensitivity. Reuters | October 12, 2020 | 9:52 am
Caterpillar bets on self-driving machines impervious to pandemics Sales of Caterpillar's autonomous technology for mining operations have been growing at a double-digit percentage clip this year. Reuters | October 12, 2020 | 9:44 am
China bans Australian coal imports as political relations sour China is also the key buyer of Australia’s most lucrative export, iron ore. Bloomberg News | October 12, 2020 | 8:44 am
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