Ford joins global initiative to promote responsible mining Ford said its planned investment in EVs would increase the company's reliance on mined material. Reuters | February 15, 2021 | 9:40 am
Drones reveal previously unknown features of Roman-era gold operations Mines in León, Spain, constitute Europe’s largest ancient mining infrastructure and host a 1,200-kilometre hydraulic network. Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | February 14, 2021 | 1:51 pm
Eleven killed in rebel raids on Congo’s second city Lubumbashi is the capital of the mineral-rich province of Haut-Katanga, where Ivanhoe and MMG have concessions. Reuters | February 14, 2021 | 11:26 am
Carbon footprint of nickel sulphate transport may start to worry OEMs – report ESG concerns will be the result of the rising supply of MHP aimed at responding to the demand for battery metal commodities. MINING.COM Staff Writer | February 14, 2021 | 10:51 am
Botswana names Canadian firm as preferred bidder for copper mine The African country picked Premium Nickel Resources as the preferred bidder for its shuttered copper mining group BCL Ltd. Bloomberg News | February 14, 2021 | 9:16 am
Lithium could help control extreme heat in future fusion facilities Injecting pellets of lithium into a tokamak’s divertor could help control high-risk conditions. Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | February 14, 2021 | 6:55 am
MINING.COM MINUTE: Biggest stories of the week A roundup of the biggest stories of the week. MINING.com Editor | February 12, 2021 | 10:00 pm
US judge will not stop land transfer for Rio Tinto mine in Arizona The judge’s decision is likely to escalate the clash between members of Arizona’s San Carlos Apache Tribe, who consider the land home to deities, and Rio and minority partner BHP Reuters | February 12, 2021 | 2:35 pm
Polyus switches 90% of its energy consumption to renewables Company expects to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in 2021 by almost half. MINING.com Editor | February 12, 2021 | 2:07 pm