Caterpillar bets on self-driving machines impervious to pandemics
Sales of Caterpillar's autonomous technology for mining operations have been growing at a double-digit percentage clip this year.
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Chinese battery maker may buy more metals before prices lift
Lithium prices are being supported by a recovery in demand for electric vehicles in China.
China bans Australian coal imports as political relations sour
China is also the key buyer of Australia’s most lucrative export, iron ore.
As demand for nickel grows, so do environmental concerns – report
According to IDTechEx, automakers are worried because nickel mining involves large quantities of waste and very little metal recovered.
Canadian miner develops environmentally friendly way to produce potash
Gensource Potash’s modules don’t generate tailings or require surface brine ponds.
Scientists tap into new rare earths deposits
An experiment turned in to a solution that helps better understand where ‘heavy’ and ‘light’ rare earths may be concentrated in and around carbonatite intrusions.
Freeport does a balancing act as world’s biggest gold mine grapples with covid-19
The company is trying to maintain output at full blast while containing covid-19 in mines like Grasberg.
British Columbia mine revenue pulls back
Average revenue at province’s biggest mines fell 12.4% in 2019 from 2018.
Supervisors at Escondida copper mine fail to reach labor deal
Escondida could continue to operate even if the supervisors strike, but a walk-off could nonetheless create bottlenecks and slowdowns.
