March 14, 2024 Queen’s University, UBC, unveil C$2 million Don Lindsay Teck Award in mining engineering The endowments will generate annual renewable scholarships at each university, providing financial support for students pursuing mining studies.
March 13, 2024 US Strategic Metals appoints new chief financial officer Thomas Boehlert played a key role in a successful $230 million capital raise and IPO in 2021 at RCF Acquisition Corp.
March 13, 2024 UK university training centre aims to fuse AI into metals industry New £18 million Centre for Doctoral Training in Digital Transformation of Metals Industry has been funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council.
March 8, 2024 SSR Mining appoints Michael Sparks as new CFO The miner suspended its quarterly dividend payment last month, when at least nine miners went missing after a landslide at its Copler mine.
March 8, 2024 Mining People: Evolution Mining, Star Diamond, Champion Iron, Highrock Resources, Rare Earth Ridge Key moves in the mining sector.
March 8, 2024 BHP becomes first miner in Chile to exceed 40% female representation In 2016, BHP had only 17.5% female workers globally and today employs 1,509 women at Escondida mine alone.
March 7, 2024 Hitachi Energy names new chief executive officer Andreas Schierenbeck's appointment is effective July 1.
March 7, 2024 US Department of Energy launches $4 million E-SCRAP prize competition Only 17.4% of e-scrap was collected and recycled globally in 2019, discarding 83% of e-waste and $57 billion in raw material value, the DOE said.
March 6, 2024 Accelerating trends in metals and mining dealmaking: Q&A with Sidley M&A Partner Joseph Michaels advised Allkem in its merger with Livent, a transaction valued at $10.6 billion, and which created the world’s third largest lithium miner.
March 5, 2024 Colorado School of Mines, USGS, major miners join forces to study geologic hydrogen Geologic hydrogen is a naturally occurring gas with significant potential as an energy resource.
Argentina’s cradle of Malbec wine is warming up to copper mining The San Jorge copper-gold project, controlled by Zug-based Zonda Metals, would be a first for Mendoza. December 18, 2025 | 10:49 am
