INFOGRAPHIC: The world’s highest grade uranium district
The Athabasca Basin in Saskatchewan is home to 15.5% of annual global uranium production.
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INFOGRAPHIC: Causes and costs of downtimes for surface miners
47% of downtime at mining operations is caused by hydraulic power and belt drive failures.
Charting a path towards sustainable mining
'Mapping the Future - Advances in Mining Engineering.'
NASA gets serious about asteroid mining in new mission
"The mission will develop important technologies for asteroid exploration that will benefit anyone interested in exploring or mining asteroids, whether it's NASA or a private company."
The year’s best meteor shower is coming this weekend
The point from which the meteors appear lies in the Perseus constellation.
Now is the time to short sell gold miner volatility: Michael Purves
GDX volatility is at multi-year highs.
Rio Tinto half year profit plummets 71% on weak commodity prices
Rio doesn't expect Chinese growth to recover in the second half of the year.
Diamonds prices down 2.1% in July
Prices for 0.30-carat rocks certified polished diamonds dropped 3.7% during the month, 3% for 0.50-carat gems, and 1.3% for 3-carat rocks.
Top ten write-downs of the summer
Biggest impairments all gold miners.
Ancient gold of lost Egyptian city going on display
The ancient port city of Heracleion was lost underwater for 1,200 years.
World’s 10 biggest copper mines 2026
Ranked: the world's 10 biggest copper mines by 2025 production — from Escondida's 1.3M tonne output to Oyu Tolgoi. Updated rankings with mine-by-mine data.