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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

MINING.COM MINUTE: Biggest stories of the week

Gold price rally lifts Top 50 mining stocks; US grabs…

MINING.com Editor | October 9, 2020 | 10:22 am

JSW to focus solely on coking coal

Coking coal accounts for 80% of JSW's output, and thermal…

Reuters | October 9, 2020 | 8:11 am

InoBat unveils world’s first “intelligent” EV battery

The company's Gen1 lithium battery combines Artificial Intelligence (AI) and…

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 9, 2020 | 7:00 am

Alrosa diamonds can now be examined remotely

The world’s top diamond miner by output said its recently…

MINING.COM Staff Writer | October 9, 2020 | 6:15 am

NASA’s latest mission may tell us whether asteroid mining is really a go

OSIRIS-REx will collect samples from an asteroid and return them to Earth, in what it could be a pivotal step for firms currently planning to tap into the space mining business.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 11, 2016 | 1:15 am

Mongolia readies to revive its giant Tavan Tolgoi coal mine

Erdenes Tavan Tolgoi (ETT), the state-owned company that holds the license to the deposit, has already begun evaluating bids and calculating the potential economic benefits of restarting it.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 9, 2016 | 8:00 am

Uranium mining in Canada one of the world’s cleanest — study

New study shows that mining and milling uranium contributes very few greenhouse gases to the total emissions produced by nuclear power generation.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 9, 2016 | 4:05 am

Norilsk: A blood red river runs through it

River near the eponymous city of world's top nickel and palladium miner turns crimson.

Frik Els | September 9, 2016 | 2:49 am

How North Dakota’s native protest against oil pipeline became an American movement

The 1,770 kilometre, $3.7-billion (U.S.) Dakota Access pipeline would carry oil from just north of the Standing Rock Sioux’s land in North Dakota to Illinois.

Reuters | September 9, 2016 | 12:10 am

The next sector to recover from the oil price crash

A recent report by Arkansas Online says the energy industry's support sector could feel the effects of low oil prices for up to two years after the current bear market recovers.

Oilprice.com | September 8, 2016 | 11:37 am