May 2, 2023 Australian tech companies join forces to improve mine safety GeoMoby and Digital Terrain partnered to apply real-time technology to environmental monitoring systems (EMS) for underground mines.
May 2, 2023 Bulgari Laguna blue diamond could fetch $28m in auction The 11.16 carats fancy vivid blue diamond will go under Sotheby’s hammer on May 12, as part of the Geneva Magnificent Jewels auction.
May 2, 2023 Fortescue Metals begins magnetite production at Iron Bridge After 20 years, 20 million work hours, delays and cost overruns, the Western Australia mine delivered its first 68% iron grade product.
May 1, 2023 Exploring for terbium? Try the galaxy’s hottest exoplanet Turns out there is terbium on KELT-9, an exoplanet whose average temperature is 4,000 degrees Celsius.
April 30, 2023 Three-quarters of small earthquakes in South Korea related to mining explosions – study Out of 182,000 small seismic events that took place in seven years in South Korea, 135,000 were related to mining explosions.
April 28, 2023 Epiroc flags high near-term demand Both Epiroc and Sandvik registered record orders in the first quarter.
April 28, 2023 Researchers push for using microbes to recover minerals, store carbon from mine tailings A new technique uses microbes to recover metals and store carbon from mine tailings.
April 28, 2023 Chile’s state miner seeks $1.5 billion from lithium partner Enami has the rights to five lithium deposits in the Siete Salares area, with a collective net asset value estimated in $2.5 billion.
April 27, 2023 Robots help ‘smart mines’ drive China’s coal build-out China invested $79 billion in coal production last year, according to the IEA, while the rest of the world combined spent $37 billion.
April 27, 2023 NASA’s mineral mapping instrument goes into retirement NASA’s Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars produced maps that make it easy to tie mineral deposits observed in high-resolution images to regional scale trends.
Polish recycler bets millions on Europe’s critical metals push Elemental Group plans to build a copper smelting and refining facility, taking up two-thirds of an $800 million investment. January 14, 2026 | 07:15 am
