February 19, 2021 China may ban rare earth technology exports on security concerns The Chinese government is currently conducting a review of its rare-earths policy.
February 18, 2021 Most miners lag behind in human rights issues — report Ten years after the adoption of United Nations principles, a study shows most miners have yet to step up efforts to improve their human rights record.
February 17, 2021 Gravity concentration breakthrough improves recovery, cuts downtime Knelson GX concentrating cone delivers a key breakthrough in performance that increases recovery and cuts maintenance downtime.
February 16, 2021 Redpath completes largest bored raise by volume in the Americas The company completed an 875-metre-long by 6.3-metre-diameter raise at the privately held Niobec mine in Quebec.
February 15, 2021 Rio Tinto reaches new power agreement for Iceland aluminum smelter Rio has also decided to withdraw a complaint filed in July 2020 regarding the energy supply for ISAL.
February 14, 2021 Drones reveal previously unknown features of Roman-era gold operations Mines in León, Spain, constitute Europe’s largest ancient mining infrastructure and host a 1,200-kilometre hydraulic network.
February 11, 2021 JP Morgan: Commodities have begun new supercycle of “years-long gains” Commodities have seen four supercycles over the past 100 years — with the last one peaking in 2008 after 12 years of expansion.
February 10, 2021 RPMGlobal helps miners optimize demand chain in latest XECUTE release The latest release of XECUTE focuses on bridging the gap between what the customer orders and what the mine produces.
February 10, 2021 Tomra opens access to technical information on new diamond microsite The diamond microsite includes detailed information and was developed based on questions customers would ask during meetings.
February 10, 2021 FLSmidth scraps financial targets after Q4 profit just beats forecast The firm said fundamentals for the mining industry remained positive, while over-capacity in the cement industry had put pressure on cement producers.
Iamgold’s Lemelin thanks mentor for Africa option Bruno Lemelin recalls his first Iamgold boss urging him to join Essakane in Burkina Faso as regional politics began to unravel. December 26, 2025 | 05:00 am
