Rio Tinto autonomous train derails in Western Australia
The incident involved an unloaded iron ore train and happened about 75 miles from Dampier port.
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‘Indispensible’ mining and juniors’ place in the food chain
Some think that technology will eventually find substitutes for metals. If only it were so easy.
Perpetua Resources receives increased DOD funding for Stibnite project in Idaho
Total funding under the Defense Production Act is now $59.4 million.
McEwen Mining forecasts reduced output in 2024
The company has set of guidance of 130,000-145,000 GEOs for the year.
Lundin Mining reports fatality at Neves-Corvo mine in Portugal
The company said operations at the mainly copper and zinc producing mine have been temporarily suspended.
Scient launches Nova Scotia’s first cloud-based virtual drill core laboratory
The project facilitates remote access to hyperspectral drill core imagery in the eastern Canadian province, impacting mineral exploration in the region.
Dolly Varden discovers new, high-grade gold zone at Homestake Ridge
The new zone remains open to the northwest, projecting towards the Homestake Main deposit.
Indonesia names two Chinese nationals as suspects in nickel fire
One was a furnace supervisor at a different smelter in the park who had been seconded to Tsingshan’s facility, while the other was also employed by a different firm.
Codelco logs December production setback
Codelco saw production fall 8.3% year-on-year in 2023 to 1.424 million metric tons.
