January 29, 2021

Odds ‘n’ Sods Part I: Finding a job as a geologist in the 1980s

"I had a gilded future ahead of me as a captain of the extractive industries."

January 29, 2021

Mimik technology takes on real-time mining data

Company has developed a Hybrid Edge Cloud platform that enables computing devices, including sensors on mining equipment, to act as cloud servers.

January 29, 2021

Queensland’s coal, resource jobs soar

Over 39,000 people were working in Queensland’s coal industry in the last quarter of 2020.

January 28, 2021

MINING PEOPLE: Artemis, Hecla, Marathon, Rio Tinto

Key moves in the mining sector.

January 27, 2021

Rio Tinto unveils new executive team

The company has named a new chief operating officer and a chief executive for its Australia business, as the miner works to rebuild partnerships with Indigenous groups.

January 27, 2021

Copper union digs in for just reward at Antofagasta’s prize mine

Talks at Los Pelambres are the latest in a slew of collective bargaining at Chilean mines, which account for a quarter of the world’s copper.

January 26, 2021

Miners using new ESG and transparency framework

Ivanhoe was the first to adopt Mining Shared Value's Local Procurement Reporting Mechanism.

January 25, 2021

Investors look to ESG ratings as proxy for risk mitigation

There has been a big uptick in the number of institutional investors committing to responsible investment principles – about 3,000 of them, representing $303 trillion worth of investment under management.

January 22, 2021

US rock legend inspiring magnate’s green steel revolution

Fortescue founder Andrew Forrest is “runnin’ down a dream” of a green-powered Australian steel-making renaissance.

January 22, 2021

MINING PEOPLE: Eldorado, Gold Fields, Osisko Development, Trevali

Key moves in the mining industry.