June 4, 2024 Metso invests €150 million in modern technology center in Tampere, Finland The Lokomotion Technology Center site covers 23 hectares, and it will host over 900 Metso employees working in Tampere.
June 4, 2024 Magna reaches deal with Glencore to mill Crean Hill surface bulk sample The current agreement with Glencore is for the 109 FW zone surface bulk sample only.
June 4, 2024 Warren Buffett’s Berkshire partners with Occidental to extract lithium The two companies formed a JV to produce high-purity lithium compounds from geothermal brine.
June 4, 2024 Rio Tinto invests $143 million in low-emission steel plant The facility will focus on BioIron, an iron-making technology developed by Rio that utilizes plant matter as fuel instead of coal.
May 30, 2024 Buried fortune of old copper wire is worth billions to telcos In the migration to fiber-optic cable, telecommunications companies could recover as much as 800,000 metric tons of copper over the next decade.
May 30, 2024 Water, vortex device used to create gold nanoparticles Researchers have produced different types of gold nanoparticles using a vortex device and gold chloride solution.
May 30, 2024 Billions in African gold smuggled to UAE each year — report Illicit gold trade amounts to $23.7 billion-$35 billion annually based on current market prices, a report by SwissAid shows.
May 29, 2024 Epiroc buys remaining stake in autonomous solutions provider ASI Mining ASI Mining, a subsidiary of Utah-based Autonomous Solutions Inc., is a leading provider of mining automation systems, such as remote control, teleoperation and fully autonomous solutions.
May 29, 2024 Wyloo Metals to build battery materials processing plant in Ontario The facility will fill a critical gap in Canada’s electric vehicle battery supply chain.
May 27, 2024 BHP, Rio Tinto to fast-track electric haul truck trials The partnership is part of BHP and Rio Tinto’s larger efforts to lower their operational emissions and reach net zero by 2050.
Ivanhoe Mines begins copper anode production at new Congo smelter The facility, with a steady-state capacity of 500,000 tonnes per annum, would be the largest in Africa once ramped up. January 02, 2026 | 08:44 am
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Vale Indonesia halts mining activities on delayed approval for 2026 output plan All miners in Indonesia are required to submit an annual production plan for official approval with the government setting output quotas for the industry. January 02, 2026 | 07:57 am