October 20, 2021

Rio Tinto to spend $7.5bn by 2030 to meet Scope 1 and 2 emissions targets

The company has said it will double its growth capex to about $3 billion a year from 2023.

October 20, 2021

Hochschild to spin off Chilean rare earths project

The precious metals miner will demerge 80% of Aclara's shares while keeping the remaining stake in the company it acquired in 2019.

October 19, 2021

Metso Outotec gears up sustainability focus with CEEC sponsorship

Latest company to join the Coalition for Eco Efficient Comminution (CEEC) as a new sponsor, growing the global network to accelerate collaboration and uptake of more eco-efficient mining and comminution.

October 19, 2021

Alrosa says diamond sector “fully recovered” from pandemic hit

A structural production decline paired with growing end-user demand are pushing prices past levels reached in 2019.

October 19, 2021

Global shortage of magnesium could cripple car industry

Germany’s association of metals producers warned that current magnesium inventories in Europe will be exhausted by the end of November 2021.

October 18, 2021

Sandvik orders beat forecast, confirms SMT listing

Company confirmed earlier on Monday that it plans to separately list its Materials Technology (SMT) business on Nasdaq Stockholm.

October 18, 2021

Flash method may allow quick recovery of precious metals from e-waste

Flash Joule heating is being proposed at Rice University as a mechanism to recover rhodium, palladium, gold and silver from electronic waste.

October 18, 2021

Noront Resources picks Wyloo bid over BHP

BHP has five days to come back with a better offer, or give up on grabbing Noront's Eagle’s Nest nickel-copper deposit in Ontario.

October 16, 2021

Scientists propose new ‘salty’ non-toxic gold extraction process

Researchers at Aalto University developed a method that uses chloride for the leaching and recovery of gold from ore.

October 15, 2021

Metso Outotec to deliver modular cobalt solvent extraction technology to Canada

Company signed an agreement with First Cobalt Corporation to deliver Planet Positive solvent extraction technology to their cobalt refinery expansion in Ontario.