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USGS, Apple create new waste rock metric

alled the “rock-to-metal ratio,” the new metric indicates how much ore and waste must be mined, moved and processed to produce a given unit of a mineral commodity.

Staff Writer | May 5, 2022 | 11:20 am

Gold price pulls back after rate hike bounce

Gold's reversal comes amid another rally in the dollar index.

Staff Writer | May 5, 2022 | 9:41 am

EPA deals fresh blow to PolyMet’s $1 billion copper-nickel mine

NorthMet is the first large-scale project to be permitted within…

MINING.com Editor | May 5, 2022 | 7:03 am

Researchers find out what really drives Li-ion battery decay

Decay depends on how many times the Li-ion battery has…

Staff Writer | May 5, 2022 | 6:06 am

Endeavour hastens Ity optimization project on ‘excess cash generation’

Endeavour Mining applies ample cash reserves to optimize and expand…

MINING.COM Staff Writer | May 5, 2022 | 3:16 am

Kinross Gold, acQuire join forces to upgrade mobile app for blasthole sampling

The Canadian miner and the software company worked together to get rid of paper logging.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | June 16, 2020 | 6:10 am

Gold and iron ore are doing equally well. Their miners are not

Shares in Rio Tinto are down 4.8% so far this year. Stock in BHP is down 9.6%.

Reuters | June 15, 2020 | 1:09 pm

Gold price slumps despite fears of second virus wave

Spot gold fell 0.7%, while US gold futures declined 0.6%.

MINING.com Editor | June 15, 2020 | 10:51 am

Charging points surge ahead of electric car boom

The number of publicly accessible charging points for electric vehicles (EV) jumped 60% in 2019.

Reuters | June 15, 2020 | 10:47 am

Iron-storing bacteria may be used to mine gold, copper

Researchers at UC are working with bacteria whose ability to concentrate different metals could be used to access valuable elements or to clear toxic metals from polluted water.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | June 14, 2020 | 7:03 am