March 3, 2023

First Quantum losing $8 million a day on Cobre Panama halt

The miner's local unit warned of "exponential and irreparable" damage to the company and stakeholders, including the workforce.

March 2, 2023

Vale to turn Amazon mining waste into high-grade iron ore

The company has started extracting scrap that had been dumped at a tailings dam at Carajas in northern Brazil since 1985.

March 2, 2023

MineHub to acquire Waybridge for $2.5 million in shares

Online platforms for industrial metals have gained momentum in recent years as traders gradually move away from traditional paper-based systems.

March 2, 2023

Tesla lobbying to secure lithium from Chile — report

Tesla executives held talks with the ministers of foreign affairs and mining, as well as with the leader of the development agency Corfo.

March 2, 2023

Tempered steel was a thing 2,900 years ago

Until recently it was assumed that it had not been possible to produce suitable quality steel in the Early Iron Age and certainly not in the Final Bronze Age.

March 1, 2023

Caterpillar reaches tentative deal with union, averting possible strike

Caterpillar, which has been struggling with margin pressures as input costs keep rising, has more than 100,000 employees around the world.

February 28, 2023

How zircon helps identify untapped copper deposits

Zircons are considered nature’s time capsules.

February 27, 2023

Recharge Industries grabs failed startup Britishvolt

The Australian firm has bought Britishvolt, which planned a battery factory in the UK to power EVs, out of administration.

February 24, 2023

Cleantech startup aims to transform mine waste into a ‘climate solution’

Arca was named as one of Canada’s most investable cleantech ventures and won a $1 million award from XPRIZE and the Musk Foundation in a carbon removal competition.

February 24, 2023

AngloGold says 2023 production to be hit by Brazil plant halt

AngloGold has stopped adding mine waste to its Calcinados tailings dam in Cuiaba to bring it in line with with global safety standards.