June 10, 2019 Swiss expert to start work on new standards for mining dam safety The International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM) has picked someone outside the industry to oversee an initiative aimed at setting new dam safety standards for miners.
June 9, 2019 Scientists produce gold, silver, copper foams The foams are supposed to give physicists better X-ray sources to employ in experiments at the National Ignition Facility.
June 7, 2019 This 50-year chart shows just how undervalued commodities are New study plotting US equities against raw material prices going back to 1970 points to 112% upside for commodities just to return to trend.
June 5, 2019 INTERACTIVE MAP: the world’s top fossil fuel producers Fossil fuels continue to play a dominant role within global energy systems – accounting for around 82% of the world’s energy supply.
June 3, 2019 Association for Mineral Exploration names Kendra Johnston president, CEO The Association for Mineral Exploration (AME) has appointed Kendra Johnston as president and CEO, effective June 13, 2019.
June 2, 2019 Fungi could offer clues for finding new gold deposits Australian experts are paying attention to low-impact exploration tools.
May 30, 2019 Newmont ranked top miner on CR Magazine’s 100 Best Corporate Citizens list Newmont Goldcorp was the sole mining company in the top 20 and one of only two miners to make the magazine’s 20th annual list.
May 26, 2019 Lab-grown diamonds to get sustainability standard certification The announcement follows a warning by the US Federal Trade Commission regarding the misuse of the words eco-friendly’ and ‘sustainable.’
May 26, 2019 Russian scientists working on technology for extracting non-ferrous and noble metals The goal is to study the physicochemical patterns and mechanisms of nitric acid dissection of hard-to-process ores.
May 22, 2019 What we call man-made diamonds could ultimately determine their success The industry is still undecided in how to present diamonds to consumers following the wider-scale emergence of man-made stones in recent years.
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