October 4, 2017 Robots under Swedish forest breathe life into ancient mines Mining ihas been one of the last sectors to use a surge in computer processing power, cloud data storage and complex algorithms to make sense of huge amounts of scattered…
October 2, 2017 Discovery of newsworthy diamonds picks up Over the last nine years 66 record-breaking and other noteworthy diamonds were recovered, and 61 of those have been found within the last five years.
September 27, 2017 Rio Tinto adopts global paid parental leave standard The new standard was announced Sept. 21 and will provide employees with job security, 18 weeks' leave for primary caregivers, and more.
September 27, 2017 De Beers laying the foundations for gender equality Katie Fergusson: "As Head of Social Impact, I feel privileged to be leading De Beers Group’s work on women and girls empowerment, including on diversity and inclusion."
September 27, 2017 China to revoke over 1,000 iron ore mining licences amid pollution crackdown Figure represents about a third of the country's iron ore mines currently in operations.
September 27, 2017 Australia’s Roy Hill says can expand iron ore capacity beyond target Iron ore miner says it has the ability to expand its production capacity beyond the 55 million tonnes it has targeted.
September 26, 2017 BHP says 2017 a ‘tipping point’ for electric cars Arnoud Balhuizen, head of marketing at BHP, said the impact of the looming electric vehicle boom for raw materials producers would be felt first in the metals markets and only…
September 24, 2017 Drone footage of Bingham Canyon copper mine Key says two of the biggest advantages of flying drones at Kennecott are safety and maintenance.
September 22, 2017 Iron ore sheds almost 4 pct more — worst week since May 2016 The commodity has fallen every week so far in September.
September 21, 2017 Rio Tinto is buying another $2.5 billion of its own shares Brings the total to $4 billion for the year.
Cyclic Materials to build $82M rare earth recycling plant in South Carolina The new site will be capable of processing 2,000 tonnes of magnet material, with a planned expansion to 6,000 tonnes per year. January 29, 2026 | 12:56 pm
