February 23, 2021

Former Australian PM Turnbull joins Fortescue’s green unit

Malcolm Turnbull, who served as prime minister from 2015 to 2018, will head Fortescue Future Industries starting this month.

February 23, 2021

Spotlight: Environmental geology

The basic principle underlying environmental geology is that human progress and development should not come at the expense of the natural environment.

February 22, 2021

OZ Minerals launches challenge to find green ways to extract metals

The best proposals from "Ingenious Extraction" will be selected for acceleration. Early submission deadline is March 12.

February 19, 2021

Vale creates sustainability division

The division will be headed by Maria Luiza de Oliveira Pinto e Paiva, who until this month has been head of sustainability at Brazilian pulpmaker Suzano SA.

February 18, 2021

MINING PEOPLE: KORE, New Pacific, Radisson, Tudor

Key moves in the mining industry.

February 17, 2021

Biden assurances on jobs sting like insults in mines, oil patch

The Biden administration has gotten off to a rough start trying to reassure coal miners and oil workers whose jobs are threatened by the president’s fight against climate change.

February 16, 2021

Fortescue COO, executives step down amid Iron Bridge review

Greg Lilleyman and two other executives have resigned as part of a review of its Iron Bridge Magnetite project in Western Australia.

February 15, 2021

Deep Digital Cornwall project aims to unlock resources

The pioneering project is led by the Camborne School of Mines with the Institute for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence at the University of Exeter.

February 11, 2021

MINING PEOPLE: Artemis, Battle North, First Cobalt, NorZinc, Tanzanian Gold

Key moves in the mining industry.

February 10, 2021

Odds ‘n’ Sods Part II: Sinking shafts in South Africa–hot, dangerous, and exhilarating

Eventually, assuming you have no wish to be an academic geologist or a waiter, reality bites and some sort of salaried earth science career is needed to fund the pub…