BHP closer to exiting oil and gas with Woodside merger talks Move would cement the world’s top miner’s exit from the oil and gas industry amid increasing pressure to curb emissions. Cecilia Jamasmie | August 16, 2021 | 3:29 am
Teck suspends Highland Valley due to wildfire risk Teck donates C$150,000 for wildfire relief in BC. Henry Lazenby | August 15, 2021 | 2:14 pm
Uranium tops Morgan Stanley’s commodity thermometer Analysts expect strong uranium fundamentals to start moving prices higher. MINING.COM Staff Writer | August 15, 2021 | 1:47 pm
Labour relations biggest material risk for mining sector – report According to stakeholder intelligence firm Alva, labour relations contributed <1% material impact last quarter but it fell to -11% in Q2, as industrial action increases across the mining sector. Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | August 15, 2021 | 12:32 pm
Cast iron, Portland cement clinker can now be obtained from metallurgical slag Scientists developed a method that avoids wasting out-of-furnace slag and extracts cast iron and Portland cement clinker from the material. MINING.COM Staff Writer | August 15, 2021 | 8:06 am
New policies in Inner Mongolia may tighten synthetic graphite supply – report Inner Mongolia’s energy consumption control policy could drive the synthetic graphite market into a deficit, Roskill says. MINING.COM Staff Writer | August 15, 2021 | 7:13 am
The View from England: Pandemic yields buried treasure As we emerge from the pandemic it seems that many of us spent the lockdown digging up treasure. Chris Hinde | August 13, 2021 | 1:00 pm
Cerro Verde pays $245m tax debt ‘under protest’ Cerro Verde is the second large Peruvian miner to pay a tax debt that remains under dispute in recent weeks. Reuters | August 13, 2021 | 11:10 am
First new oil sands pipeline in years could start next month Enbridge’s 760,0000 barrel-a-day Line 3 oil pipeline could start operating as soon as Sept. 15. Bloomberg News | August 13, 2021 | 10:39 am