Bacteria may be used to source high-grade copper – study
Bacteria found in mines are able to transform toxic copper ions to stable single-atom metallic copper.
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74% of the company's shareholders supported the compensation plan for Nagle of up to $6.4 million in any one year.
Condor Gold completes drilling at La India pits
Miner now has the complete dataset for the Northern Starter Pit and for the first six drill holes in the Southern Starter Pit.
Canadian First Nation, with rare sway over mining, puts Newmont on notice
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Fortescue third-quarter shipments flat as weather issues weigh
The world's fourth-largest iron ore miner said it shipped 42.3 million tonnes of the steelmaking ingredient in the three months to March 31.
Newcrest posts sequential fall in output on mine shutdowns
Company posted a 1.2% fall in third-quarter gold output, hit by lower production at its Lihir mine in Papua New Guinea and a slow recovery at its flagship Cadia mine.
Commodities of the future: Most linked to green and digital transitions – report
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First Quantum reports Q1, record Cobre Panama production
Copper output was 82,042 tonnes, a jump of 46% from the same quarter a year earlier.
