LEDs combined with copper may be key to developing new medicines, electronics

LEDs combined with a copper-based molecular catalyst turn out to be a more sustainable way to develop chemical compounds with potential uses in medicine and electronics.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | January 23, 2022 | 7:40 am

Teck Resources announces new contract with union at British Columbia mine

The United Steelworkers have ratified a new collective agreement, replacing the one that expired on Sept. 30, 2021.

Reuters | January 22, 2022 | 6:51 pm

Peru groups agree to services deal with MMG mine after protests

Community groups in Peru agreed to provide trucking services to the Las Bambas copper mine.

Bloomberg News | January 21, 2022 | 8:50 pm

Americas Gold and Silver reopens San Rafael mine in Mexico

Mexico's main mining union had been in talks for months to end a dispute that had forced the mine's closure.

Reuters | January 21, 2022 | 3:56 pm

China’s carbon market may get stricter under a new proposal

Chinese regulators are mulling a deeper cut in new carbon quotas, a move that would make it more expensive to run small and inefficient coal power plants.

Bloomberg News | January 21, 2022 | 2:58 pm

Gold price set for second weekly gain with inflation, dollar in focus

Bullion is fluctuating near a key resistance level of about $1,835 an ounce, after a decline in nominal bond yields from a two-year high helped gold advance earlier in the week.

Bloomberg News | January 21, 2022 | 2:25 pm