October 28, 2021 Caterpillar profit tops estimates as supply chain snags loom Executives warned that the company will fall short of its expectations for fulfilling customer demand this year.
October 28, 2021 Australia plans to boost mineral discovery with new drill core research lab CSIRO together with the Science and Industry Endowment Fund, the University of Western Australia and Curtin University just opened a Geoscience Drill Core Research Laboratory.
October 27, 2021 Acquisition-hungry Sibanye grabs stake in Australian zinc miner It has bought a 19.99% stake in New Century Resources, which owns a tailings zinc retreatment plant in Queensland.
October 27, 2021 Rio Tinto to host world’s first carbon mineral storage hub near Iceland smelter Iceland-based Carbfix will use Rio Tinto’s land surrounding the ISAL smelter for onshore CO2 injection.
October 26, 2021 Citric acid can be used to extract rare earth metals from coal ash The method, if widely adopted, could turn coal ash from an environmental pariah into a commercially viable product, researcher says.
October 25, 2021 Caterpillar gears up for green energy transition, automation age MINING.COM sits down for a conversation with Denise Johnson, Caterpillar’s mining chief, to talk about the future of mining and the trends shaping the industry.
October 25, 2021 Boliden chooses Komatsu automated haulage for Swedish mine The introduction of autonomous hauling in Aitik will mark the first system roll-out in the European Union.
October 24, 2021 What automation, AI, AR and robotics mean for the future of work in mining A new report by Wikistrat and idoba analyzes the impacts that technological developments and ESG issues are likely to have on workers in the mining industry.
October 22, 2021 Liquid metal helps convert CO2 into battery, manufacturing resources A group of scientists discovered that liquid gallium can help transform carbon dioxide into oxygen and a high-value solid carbon product.
October 21, 2021 BHP studies potential for using nickel mine waste to capture carbon Waste from Nickel West operations is high in magnesium oxide, which can pull carbon out of the air to create magnesium carbonate, a stable compound in the form of a…
Congo pitches new $29 billion iron ore and logistics project The first phase of the project would require the construction of heavy rail and transport on the Congo River. January 13, 2026 | 10:11 am
