Without China global mining would be smaller than in 2000
TABLE: China's copper demand grew 11-fold in 15 years – the rest of the world shrunk. Sans China, the nickel market would've barely broken a million tonnes.
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Cost-saving nanotechnology set to disrupt gold processing industry
Widespread adoption of IXOS could add billions of dollars in profits to an industry that produces about 90 million ounces of gold each year, according to 6th Wave Innovations out of Salt Lake City, which recently launched its molecularly imprinted polymer ion exchange resin.
The world’s mineral industry meets at PDAC 2017
“ Canada is looked to as a leader in mineral exploration and development,”
Samarco restart a step closer
Vale agrees to pit use for tailings.
Eight dead, 35 injured in Congo mining hub amid anti-Govt protests
Congolese security forces accused of shooting civilians in the southern city of Lubumbashi.
Uranium up!
Uranium has made a decided move up in the last few sessions. Could this be the start of something big?
Idled Canadian iron ore mine charged with $30K fine over pollution
Mining company will be added to the country’s Environmental Offenders Registry.
Gold-backed digital payment platform to store physical gold at Canadian Mint
Users of Goldmoney’s blockchain technology will be able to purchase reserved physical gold in the Mint’s Ottawa vault, in increments as small as 35 cents.
These were the top Canadian mining topics of 2016
Commodity price recovery; King Coal on the way out; mining tech on the way in — among the most covered issues this year.