January 12, 2021 RST advances technology for treatment and rehabilitation of tailings dams RST’s advanced crusting agents are being used by mine operations and power plants to control dust when the surface moisture in tailings dams is evaporated or recycled.
January 11, 2021 Emesent technology helps Petra Diamonds save on ore pass remediation Highly accurate point cloud data sets from a Hovermap scan allowed mine engineers to visualize the condition of ore passes for the first time and avoid spending $350,000, on remediation.
January 10, 2021 Scientists use microwave oven to turn coal into graphite Nano-graphite was obtained from coal by using copper foil, glass containers and a conventional household microwave oven.
January 8, 2021 BHP tests Toyota EVs at Nickel West They will trial a LandCruiser 70, converted from running on diesel to fully electric via onboard battery power.
January 7, 2021 Copper, iron ore price rally adds $250bn to top 50 mining companies The world’s 50 most valuable mining companies jumps to a new record high of $1.3 trillion by year’s end.
January 6, 2021 Steelmakers, Caterpillar jump on bigger stimulus hopes American steelmakers and machinery producers surged on speculation that Democrats will take control of Congress.
January 6, 2021 Autonomous startup used by mining trucks backed by BP, Tencent Oxbotica has raised $47 million in a fresh funding round that will go toward developing and deploying its products.
January 5, 2021 Sandvik to acquire DSI Underground The purchase price for the safety solutions company is about €943 million on a cash and debt free basis.
January 5, 2021 Intercontinental ships first zinc-silver concentrate from Bolivia The initial shipment added up to 420 tonnes of zinc-silver concentrate.
January 5, 2021 Botswana extends Lucara’s Karowe license to 2046 The license renewal marks a critical step in the formal sanction of the underground expansion project for the mine.
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
