September 27, 2016

As Philippines announces more mine suspensions, nickel prices go up

The announcement sent global nickel prices up more than 1% on Tuesday.

September 27, 2016

Stacked Perovskite/CIGS solar module achieves unprecedented efficiency

The thin-film solar module stack made up of perovskite and Copper Indium Gallium Selenide has a conversion efficiency of 17.8%.

September 26, 2016

Rethinking resource investing

The explore-develop-produce model cannot be eliminated, but there are plenty of models that work within it or alongside it. Two are worth mentioning.

September 26, 2016

ZCCM-IH fails to produce financial report for this year

The Zambia Consolidated Copper Mines-Investment Holdings (ZCCM-IH) has failed for the first time to produce its state o accounts for March 31, this year due to non availability of information…

September 26, 2016

The hollowing out of Canadian mining

Vale’s takeover of Inco, 10 years on.

September 25, 2016

Large lead, zinc deposit found in Xinjiang

A large lead and zinc deposit, allegedly China's largest, has been discovered in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, local authorities announced on Sunday.

September 25, 2016

Poland copper mine cave-in claims two lives

The accident happened at the Polkowice-Sieroszowice mine when part of a ceiling collapsed.

September 24, 2016

Caterpillar sees green shoots in mining, but sales far from picking up

The equipment maker is currently spending most of its R&D budget in its digital area, which aims to help miners reduce the amount of machinery needed at operations.

September 24, 2016

Ivanhoe and Zijin announce more high-grade copper results at the Kakula Discovery

According to Ivanhoe, the latest results reinforce the exceptional grades and shallow, flat-lying geometry of the Kakula mineralized zone.

September 23, 2016

Mining companies to build LNG plant in western Canada

The idea is to power the Casino copper-gold mine in the Yukon and Selwyn’s zinc-lead mine in the Yukon-Northwest Territories.