Chile’s parched mines race for an increasingly scarce commodity: water
A record-breaking drought in Chile is impacting mining operations and forcing companies to escalate their search for more sources of water.
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Anglo American puts world’s largest hydrogen truck to work
Anglo's first self-developed green-hydrogen powered trucks will eventually replace a fleet of 40 vehicles at the Mogalakwena platinum mine South Africa.
Volkswagen boosts electric car investment in Spain to $10.6 billion
The company also announced a partnership deal with Spain's largest power utility Iberdrola.
Vulcan mining unit shut down by Mexican authorities
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has previously criticized Vulcan's "destruction" of the area.
Semcorp to invest $916 million to make EV battery components in Ohio
The facility will make separator film for lithium-ion batteries.
USGS, Apple create new waste rock metric
alled the “rock-to-metal ratio,” the new metric indicates how much ore and waste must be mined, moved and processed to produce a given unit of a mineral commodity.
Gold price pulls back after rate hike bounce
Gold's reversal comes amid another rally in the dollar index.
Canada nickel bid is ‘tip of the iceberg’ of BHP’s growth ambition
The world’s biggest mining company sees nickel as one of three “future-facing commodities” -- along with copper and potash.
HSBC taps standard chartered dealmaker to build global mining team
Bank has hired Michael Willoughby, a top mining banker at Standard Chartered Plc.
