September 21, 2021 Mountaintop coal mining threatens Appalachian biodiversity New research shows that streams from heavily mined watersheds in the Appalachian mountains harbour 40% fewer species than streams with cleaner water.
September 20, 2021 Copper Fox PEA for Schaft Creek porphyry puts development cost at $2.7bn Schaft Creek is a joint venture of Teck Resources, the 75% owner and operator, and 25% partner Copper Fox.
September 20, 2021 Rainbow Rare Earths to use special separation tech at South Africa project The company will apply Florida, US-based K-Technologies' separation method in its Phalaborwa rare earths project in South Africa.
September 17, 2021 Condor Gold finds “significant” gold system at Cacao Find corresponds to a fully preserved epithermal gold system, with grades increasing at depth, the company said.
September 17, 2021 Australia approves controversial Whitehaven coal mine expansion The backing of the federal environment minister is described by advocates as a betrayal.
September 16, 2021 Sonoro Gold completes PEA on Cerro Caliche in Mexico Sonoro has an option to acquire 100% of the project, about 45 km from the town of Magdalena de Kino.
September 16, 2021 Rio Tinto hit with fresh tax bill in Australia The country's tax authority is asking Rio to pay $277m related to a 2015 borrowing used to pay an intragroup dividend.
September 16, 2021 New database to help mining companies predict behavior of tailings flows Researches at the University of Waterloo found that catastrophic tailings flows have happened once every two to three years since 1965.
September 15, 2021 ALROSA unveils updated digital auction format The technologies enable buyers to remotely analyze the key parameters of every diamond.
September 15, 2021 Iron ore price plunges on falling steel output China's monthly crude steel production slipped for the third straight month to 83.24 million tonnes in August.
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