Arizona Lithium inks agreement for Big Sandy projectThe miner has entered into a services agreement with Navajo Transitional Energy Company for the lithium project.Staff Writer | March 11, 2024 | 7:46 am
Global copper smelters less active in first two months of 2024An average of 11.5% of copper smelter capacity monitored by…Reuters | March 10, 2024 | 10:42 am
AI can potentially estimate global environmental destruction due to road development for miningAustralia-based researchers trained three machine-learning models to automatically map road…Staff Writer | March 8, 2024 | 6:06 am
Australia maps all of its tailings dams A new Atlas of Australian Mine Waste aims to provide industry with opportunities to extract critical metals from previously mined rock. Staff Writer | June 6, 2023 | 6:36 am
Metals Acquisition investors approve copper mine buy from Glencore MAC will also buy a 1.5% net smelter return life-of-mine royalty upon completion of the deal, expected on or around June 15. Staff Writer | June 6, 2023 | 5:27 am
Evolution to expand two gold mines in Australia The company also said it would be looking at assets that Newmont may shed after it closes the multi-billion acquisition of Newcrest Mining. Cecilia Jamasmie | June 5, 2023 | 3:54 am
St Barbara backs Genesis bid for Leonora despite revised Silver Lake offer Providing Silver Lake with access to due diligence would potentially expose St Barbara to a termination of the binding deal with Genesis, it said. Reuters | June 2, 2023 | 9:33 am
Rio Tinto’s Boron mine in California becomes first to switch to renewable diesel Swap from conventional to renewable diesel brings an anticipated CO2 reduction equivalent to axing annual emissions of about 9,600 cars. Cecilia Jamasmie | June 2, 2023 | 8:25 am
Fortescue Metals appoints Christine Morris as CFO Most recently, Morris served as the finance chief of Maersk Drilling. Reuters | June 1, 2023 | 5:31 pm
Rio Tinto to invest $395 million in Pilbara desalination plant Construction is expected to start in 2024 and the facility will be operational and producing water in 2026. Reuters | June 1, 2023 | 5:23 pm
BHP owes underpaid Australian workers $280 million The company said it had incorrectly deducted leave on public holidays since 2010 for an average of six leave days in total per person. Reuters | June 1, 2023 | 7:51 am
Google leads funding round for Indian space startup Pixxel Pixxel, founded in 2019, is building a constellation of satellites that have the ability to identify mineral deposits or the productivity of crops by analysing the spectral signature of an image. Reuters | June 1, 2023 | 4:58 am