April 6, 2021

GRAPH: Global metal and ore production at a glance

Critical metals and minerals are a tiny sliver of a sliver of global mining production.

April 6, 2021

Pre-consultation for Pan American Silver’s Escobal begins this month

The world’s third largest silver mine has been shut since July 2017 after Guatemala's Supreme Court provisionally ordered so following an appeal from environment and human rights organization CALAS.

April 5, 2021

Raw materials from EV battery recycling have smaller carbon footprint – study

Finnish researchers used simulation-based life-cycle to account for emissions and energy and water consumption in the recycling process.

April 3, 2021

MINING.COM MINUTE: Biggest stories of the week

Top iron ore producer forecasts 50% fall in price; Vital Metals to become Canada’s first rare earths miner; Vale sells New Caledonia nickel assets to Trafigura

April 2, 2021

The View from England: Batteries are a welcome spark for the mining sector

The international mining industry is in the early stages of the biggest collective boost it has received for almost 50 years.

April 1, 2021

Inuit women working in mining report high levels of sexual harassment

Of those surveyed by the organization, 55% reported experiencing some form of sexual harassment.

April 1, 2021

DeepGreen hits backs at firms opposing seafloor mining

Supporting a deep-sea mining moratorium is backing the environmental and social ills that come from land extraction, the company says.

April 1, 2021

How the US top coal-producing state is moving to net-zero emissions

With 16 active mines, Wyoming accounts for almost 40% of US coal production.

March 31, 2021

Nuclear energy could drive decarbonisation in Canada’s heavy industries – report

Research shows small modular reactors' potential to decarbonize heat and power in high-emitting industrial sectors.

March 30, 2021

The metals of antiquity – copper

If gold has been humankind's most valuable friend throughout the ages, copper has certainly been our most useful.