Indonesia suspends nickel ore exports with immediate effect
The mineral meant for exports during the rest of the year will be absorbed by domestic companies with smelters.
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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.
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.
Manganese X receives encouraging results from New Brunswick project
A 99.60% MnSO4 product was produced with mineral from the Battery Hill property.
British Columbia Indigenous rights bill should not be a problem for miners: industry group
The new bill states that Indigenous peoples have to be included in all decision-making that impacts their rights and that all provincial laws would have to be aligned with UN standards.
