Rio Tinto to co-fund Finnish solution to recover critical minerals, metals from mine wastewater

Weeefiner and Sensmet are developing a solution that will be able to provide water treatment to end-of-life mining sites and selectively recover critical minerals and rare earth metals.

Staff Writer | May 10, 2023 | 5:05 am

Top 10 new copper projects by mine life

Miners are scrambling to develop projects.

Colin McClelland | May 9, 2023 | 12:17 pm

SSR Mining adds ‘world-class’ Hod Maden project in Türkiye to portfolio

The project is expected to provide SSR Mining with approximately 80,000 attributable gold-equivalent ounces.

Staff Writer | May 9, 2023 | 10:05 am

Glencore to build Europe’s largest battery recycling plant

It has partnered up with Canada’s Li-Cycle to convert an old lead refinery in Italy into a facility to recover key metals from batteries.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 9, 2023 | 6:43 am

Phasing out fossil fuels hasn’t worked. Europe has a new idea for COP28

Last year’s defeat for the EU and its allies on emissions cuts at COP27 has now set up what will be one of the hardest fights ahead of COP28.

Bloomberg News | May 8, 2023 | 8:07 am

South Africans call for UK to return diamonds set in crown jewels

South Africans are calling for Britain to return the world's largest diamond, which is set in the royal sceptre that King Charles III will hold at his coronation.

Reuters | May 5, 2023 | 9:40 am