Rio Tinto teams up with Caterpillar for zero-emissions autonomous trucks

The world’s first operational deployment of approximately 35 new Caterpillar 793 zero-emissions autonomous haul trucks will be at Gudai-Darri.

MINING.com Editor | September 15, 2021 | 3:48 pm

ALROSA unveils updated digital auction format

The technologies enable buyers to remotely analyze the key parameters of every diamond.

MINING.com Editor | September 15, 2021 | 12:48 pm

Webinar: Regulatory tools for gender equality in mining

The session takes place via zoom at 9am EST, 1pm GMT September 28.

MINING.com Editor | September 12, 2021 | 9:00 am

US asks Northern Dynasty for mitigation plan for Pebble mine

Biden administration moves to block Alaska Pebble mine

The Department of Justice asked the court to vacate a 2019 decision by the Trump-era EPA to remove protection of the Bristol Bay watershed.

MINING.com Editor | September 9, 2021 | 1:11 pm

SNC-Lavalin names global vice president, minerals & metallurgical processing

Tony Lipiec will lead engineering process teams on large- and small-scale mining and metallurgy process projects.

MINING.com Editor | September 8, 2021 | 2:53 pm

Funds still wary of shorting super tight copper market

Over 1,000 of Teck’s germ-killing copper patches installed on BC college campus

Results from an industry-first trial in 2020 showed that copper is effective at killing up to 99.9% of bacteria on high-touch transit surfaces.

MINING.com Editor | September 8, 2021 | 1:57 pm

New research to bring fibre optic technology to Australian mining sector

Project will seek to produce data to reduce the cost of geophysical characterisation of the subsurface and develop a safer resource extraction process.

MINING.com Editor | September 7, 2021 | 12:07 pm

New minerals data compilation released for British Columbia’s Golden Triangle

A collaboration between Geoscience BC and the mineral exploration sector created a new public data compilation to guide decisions about exploration for critical minerals in the province.

MINING.com Editor | September 1, 2021 | 3:04 pm

Tests underway over possible tailings leak at Atlantic Gold's Moose River mine

Nova Scotia conducting tests after photos spark tailings leak debate at Atlantic Gold’s Moose River mine

Province's Environment Department is testing on samples collected around the tailings pond following an alarm raised by environmental groups over what they believed was a leak at the facility.

MINING.com Editor | September 1, 2021 | 12:34 pm

Canada could be top player in global EV battery market

Value of battery metals in new electric cars already beyond 2020 total

MINING.COM’s EV Metal Index surpasses 2020 full year total in just six months as lithium, cobalt and nickel prices bounce and tonnes deployed globally set records.

MINING.com Editor | August 31, 2021 | 1:51 pm

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