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Rio Tinto says miners need to leverage technology as scrutiny of the industry rises
Technologies such as autonomous rail-cars and increased automation can lower the impact of the industry on the environment as well as raise profit margins, the company said.
Sandvik agrees to sell 70% of Drilling and Completions
Sandvik said last year it was evaluating options for the business, which it bought in 2014 for $740 million and was part of its mining and rock technology unit.
AngloGold Ashanti’s falling Q3 production, rising costs disappoint
The miner said its output in July-September fell 3% from a year earlier.
Savannah Resources in talks with carmakers, sees Portuguese lithium in 2021
Savannah already mines feldspar, quartz and pegmatites in Barroso, a mountainous region in the north of Portugal.
Argentina’s President-elect Fernandez a boon for miners, despite expected protectionism
He has vowed to revisit the country’s controversial glacier protection law, and said his team is working on clear rules for the natural resources sector.
What a difference a year makes: gloom and doom at Metals Week
The metals world is descending on London for the biggest annual bash in the industry’s calendar, but there’s not much to celebrate.
Newcrest eyes deeper mines, smaller footprint with block caving
Newcrest is tapping big data and block caving to delve deeper into the earth's crust for mineral riches that just a handful of years ago would have been too costly to extract.
China’s MCC restarts Ramu nickel plant in Papua New Guinea
MCC was last week given permission by the Papua New Guinea government to restart the plant, which was closed for not taking remedial actions after a spill in August.
