August 10, 2022

Tiny pure-gold pin is ‘pulsing heart’ of European space mission

A minuscule gold pin is one of the few materials able to withstand the highly-erosive individual oxygen atoms prevailing at the top of the atmosphere.

August 7, 2022

Canada sends mining equipment, personnel to the Dominican Republic to help rescue trapped miners

Two miners have been trapped for a week at the Cerro de Maimón operation.

August 4, 2022

Horizonte Minerals signs $135 million equipment contracts for Brazil nickel project

The Araguaia project will initially produce up to 14,500 tonnes of nickel per year.

August 4, 2022

Albemarle studying ways to recycle lithium in North America

The world's largest lithium producer is evaluating just how it can partner, invest and develop a battery recycling business.

August 3, 2022

Impoverished Zimbabweans turn to scrap metal trade as inflation bites

Annual inflation, which hit 256.9% in July, has cast a shadow over President Emmerson Mnangagwa's bid to revitalise the economy.

August 3, 2022

Baffinland to terminate 1,100 workers at Mary River iron ore mine

The miner is preparing for two rounds of layoffs to take effect on Sept. 25 and Oct. 11, if it doesn't obtain a permit to continue extracting 6 million tonnes…

August 2, 2022

Micromine signs software solution agreement with AngloGold Ashanti

 Micromine Pitram will be deployed at Sunrise Dam and Tropicana in August 2022.

August 2, 2022

Caterpillar says China sales slow as demand dented across Asia

Shares of Caterpillar are down about 5.8% this year.

August 2, 2022

Royal Gold ups royalty on Cortez gold complex in Nevada

Royal Gold paid $525 million in cash to Rio Tinto for a 1.2% gross royalty on the Cortez gold complex in Nevada.

August 2, 2022

Ancient rocks reveal how earth avoided Mars-like fate

The development of earth’s solid inner core had everything to do with the rejuvenation of the swirling liquid iron in the planet’s outer core, which generates its protective magnetic field,…