October 14, 2016 NGOs want Venezuela to halt mining concessions, claim violations of Indigenous rights Advocacy groups are taking issue at the Mining Arch of the Orinoco River National Development Strategic Zone.
October 13, 2016 Canadian scientists identify bacteria linked to acid produced at mining sites Researchers at the Canadian University of British Columbia (UBC) have isolated organisms that cause acid-rock drainage in mining operations.
October 9, 2016 Curtin University sign agreement with Gekko to commercialise breakthrough technology The Carbon Scout was designed to help gold mine operators optimise process plant efficiency and reduce gold losses is to be brought to market in a collaboration between Curtin University…
September 30, 2016 SA’s mining school heads form collaborative body To allow more cooperation and information-sharing, the heads of South Africa’s four university mining schools have launched Mining Engineering Education South Africa (MEESA).
September 18, 2016 Hudbay positioning itself for the next up cycle With its Costancia mine now in full production, in Peru, Hudbay Minerals' COO talks about what's next.
September 15, 2016 Mining threats UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Canada Out of 75 documented threats against nine designated natural and cultural sites, 23 belong to the "physical resource extraction" category.
September 13, 2016 Training for mining has moved to a new level EduMine's mining campus just became a lot smarter, with expanded training content that covers the mining workforce and delivery by an LMS platform designed for mining.
September 9, 2016 Uranium mining in Canada one of the world’s cleanest — study New study shows that mining and milling uranium contributes very few greenhouse gases to the total emissions produced by nuclear power generation.
September 2, 2016 Projected worker shortages will increase the requirement for on-demand training Where are we going to find these workers? The short answer is that we are not going to find them in mining.
August 30, 2016 Scientists find way to extract gold from old gadgets Scottish researchers say discarded items of modern life contain as much as 7% of all the world’s gold.
Lithium swings from glut to scarcity on Asia demand, Traxys says One of the world’s biggest lithium traders is seeing a turnaround in the battery metal market as accelerating demand ends a glut that dragged down prices. January 16, 2026 | 01:05 pm
