China bans Australian coal imports as political relations sour
China is also the key buyer of Australia’s most lucrative export, iron ore.
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As demand for nickel grows, so do environmental concerns – report
According to IDTechEx, automakers are worried because nickel mining involves large quantities of waste and very little metal recovered.
Canadian miner develops environmentally friendly way to produce potash
Gensource Potash’s modules don’t generate tailings or require surface brine ponds.
Scientists tap into new rare earths deposits
An experiment turned in to a solution that helps better understand where ‘heavy’ and ‘light’ rare earths may be concentrated in and around carbonatite intrusions.
Freeport does a balancing act as world’s biggest gold mine grapples with covid-19
The company is trying to maintain output at full blast while containing covid-19 in mines like Grasberg.
Supervisors at Escondida copper mine fail to reach labor deal
Escondida could continue to operate even if the supervisors strike, but a walk-off could nonetheless create bottlenecks and slowdowns.
Chile has a calming message for car makers worried about lithium supplies
Regulators in Chile say tougher environmental oversight won’t threaten future lithium production
Union at Collahuasi copper mine agrees to labor deal
The talks at Collahuasi were widely seen as the most sensitive of 2020 in top copper producer Chile.
Vale enters JV to expand Chinese port
Company has teamed up with China's Zhoushan Port Company to build and operate Project West III in the port of Shulanghu.
