February 3, 2023 Canada faces pressure to ban deep-sea mining Scientists and NGOs are asking Ottawa to ban the activity, as the country hosts an international marine conservation summit that kicks off on Friday in Vancouver.
February 2, 2023 LBMA implements optical AI technology to trace gold bars’ provenance The LBMA has engaged America’s Alitheon to generate a digital fingerprint for gold bars, which allows for irrefutable identification, authentication, and traceability.
February 2, 2023 Seriti to build South Africa’s largest wind farm to power coal mines The 155-megawatt, $236 million wind farm will generate about 75% of the electricity Seriti needs to run its coal mines in South Africa.
February 1, 2023 MMG shuts Las Bambas copper mine due to protests The giant mine, in indefinite care and maintenance from Wednesday, accounts for 2% of the copper produced worldwide.
February 1, 2023 New tech may help lithium-ion batteries last for nine years Sound waves and a 2D material may be the key to longer-lasting batteries.
January 31, 2023 Australia deploys more experts, equipment to search for lost radioactive capsule The capsule was part of a gauge used to measure the density of iron ore feed that had been entrusted by Rio Tinto.
January 31, 2023 Caterpillar profit falls as costs weigh Fourth-quarter earnings per share slid by 29%.
January 31, 2023 Epiroc says demand for mining equipment to remain high Order intake rose 18% but fell 4% when excluding acquisitions, which JP Morgan called "disappointing".
January 31, 2023 GM invests $650m in Lithium Americas to develop Thacker Pass mine The biggest direct investment in mining made by an automaker to date seeks to secure the raw materials used in EV batteries.
January 31, 2023 Canada injects $75 million into BHP’s Jansen potash mine BHP is building Jansen in stages, with the first one estimated to cost $5.7 billion and yield 4.35 million tonnes of potash per year.
Copper poised for best year since 2009 after December surge All six base metals on the LME are headed for annual gains in a year that’s seen an array of supply-side pressures. December 24, 2025 | 10:11 am
