Asteroid mining to dominate the industry: experts
Geologists believe that asteroids hold iron ore, nickel and precious metals at much higher concentrations than those found on Earth.
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Going clean and green: abandoned iron ore mine transforming into hydro plant
Ontario iron ore mine to become a hydro power storage facility.
First Quantum asks Inmet shareholders to tender before deadline
Its cash-and-stock offer for Inmet expires late Monday night, unless extended.
Eldorado stands up for its gold project in Greece
Eldorado's vice-president, Nancy Woo, says opponents’ concerns are unfounded, as the gold mine will follow all the essential European Union and Greek environmental rules.
FUN BREAK: Solid gold LEGO brick sold for $15,000
The 14K gold block was once used by LEGO to reward employees that had been with the company for over 25 years.
Rio Tinto’s miner dead four days before found
Australian miners and unions say the rising number of mine deaths that go unnoticed for days is concerning.
Kinross to shut down operations at its Chilean gold mine
The closure will leave more than 1,000 workers unemployed.
New Zimbabwe PGM royalties and fresh blow to Implats add to industry woes
Higher royalties until miners build refineries inside the country and a threat to revisit Implats indigenization deal.
Honda’s starts recycling program to extract 80% of rare earths from used hybrid batteries
386 hybrid vehicles damaged in the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami prompted the Japanese carmaker to design a new extraction process.