April 25, 2021

Meteorites give clues of possible existence of present-day microbial life on Mars

The same way microbes live in the depths of Earth’s and feed off minerals like pyrite, tiny organisms could exist in Mars subsurface.

April 23, 2021

Caught between rare earths and Chinese dominance Part 4: The secret to China’s success

Investigating how China built its multi-commodity monopolies across the technological spectrum.

April 23, 2021

Caught between rare earths and Chinese dominance — Part 3: Metal is the only thing that matters

Investigating how China built its multi-commodity monopolies across the technological spectrum.

April 23, 2021

Caught between rare earths and Chinese dominance Part 2: A walk down memory lane

Investigating how China built its multi-commodity monopolies across the technological spectrum.

April 23, 2021

Brazil court flags rupture risk at Vale’s Norte Larajeiras dam

Vale slashed output from its Brucutu mine in December to evaluate the stability of the Norte Larajeiras dam.

April 23, 2021

Zimbabwe gold output down 30% in first quarter

Small-scale miners who produce half of the mineral say shafts were flooded by above normal rainfall during the period.

April 23, 2021

Debswana to sink $6bn into Jwaneng underground mine

The expansion will produce as much as 9 million carats per year, extending the current diamond mine’s lifespan by 20 years.

April 23, 2021

Foran Mining wants to develop world’s first carbon-neutral copper project

The miner will record emissions and purchase offsets for the carbon emitted from exploration activities over the past decade at the McIlvenna Bay deposit.

April 23, 2021

Anglo American restarts Queensland coal mine amid union backlash

The underground mine had been closed since a methane explosion last year left five workers seriously injured.

April 22, 2021

Bureaucratic delays force layoffs at Taseko’s Gibraltar copper mine in BC

Almost a year has gone by since the company first informed the government of its plans to move a mine shovel from one pit to an older adjacent pit, and…