Million-years-old minerals reveal new info on earth’s recycling mechanism for surface material
Ancient pieces of garnet, zircon and rutile found on the coast of Oman have given scientists a new understanding of subduction.
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New training program aims to tackle labour shortage, break barriers in Canadian mining
The 14-week program at Collège Boréal, called Mining Potential, will launch at its campuses in Sudbury and Timmins to expose students to the mining industry and prepare them for entry-level jobs.
Sumitomo to spend big to boost output of nickel, battery materials
The Japanese miner it will triple its capital expenditure over the next three years to boost its output capacity of nickel and cathode materials used in batteries.
Glencore earmarks $1.5 billion for probes amid record profit
The world’s biggest commodity trader expects long-running corruption investigations in the US and the UK to be resolved this year.
Trader known as ‘big shot’ battles mystery nickel stockpiler
Tsingshan chairman Xiang Guangda isn’t afraid to place big derivatives bets on where prices are headed next.
BHP first-half profits beat estimates and triggers talk of M&A
The world's no.1 miner had a busy six months marked by sweeping changes, including selling its $13 billion petroleum business and a listing unification, while managing pandemic-related disruptions to its business.
DOE backs Rio Tinto led investigation into carbon storage at Minnesota nickel project
Tamarack is an advanced exploration project and a joint venture with Talon Metals.
Vale backs out of $1.2 billion bribery trial against Beny Steinmetz
The mining giant backed out after its lawyer told the High Court on Monday that its claim was brought out of time.
Iron ore price retreats as China seeks to cool rally
China's Dalian Commodity Exchange announced an increase in the transaction fee for iron ore futures contracts for February to May deliveries.
