March 29, 2021 Decommissioning, environmental costs often underestimated – study Swedish researchers say insufficient financial reporting by mining companies may lead to an underestimation of environmental liabilities.
March 28, 2021 Uber or Skip? Bronze Age miners had their own food delivery service New research shows that Bronze Age mining sites relied on outside sources to deliver pre-processed food.
March 26, 2021 The metals of antiquity – tin Although the circumstances surrounding the original discovery of tin have never been established, they have given rise to several fascinating theories.
March 26, 2021 Wage slaves vs gold owners Wages cannot keep up with how fast the US federal government has been devaluing the dollar, and perhaps the only way to protect against this is to own gold.
March 25, 2021 Illegal gold rush in the Amazon raises risk to indigenous people Illegal gold and diamond mining in Brazil’s Amazon rain forest is threatening South America’s largest group of native people who still live in relative isolation.
March 24, 2021 Rio Tinto to use solar technology to power California mine Heliogen's AI-powered technology will be deployed at Rio's borates mine, using heat from the sun to generate and store carbon-free energy to power industrial processes.
March 23, 2021 Odds ‘n’ Sods: Why permitting matters Permitting is a necessary evil in the mining business.
March 23, 2021 New technique for rehabilitation of mine rock waste piles may prevent acid drainage Spanish researchers propose excavating waste piles and sorting the materials found there based on their geochemical properties.
March 22, 2021 Arctic mines face thawing permafrost disaster As the big thaw continues, more and more mines are likely to see water inundation and issues with their tailing’s dams.
March 21, 2021 Understanding how porphyry-type copper deposits are formed may lead to new resources – study UK-based researchers found the missing link in models that explain the formation of porphyry-type copper deposits.
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