August 28, 2020

Australian Strategic Materials, ZironTech produce titanium using 70% less energy than common methods

The companies’ technology uses 35 kW per kilogram of titanium compared to the standard Kroll process that uses 117 kW per kilogram of metal.

August 28, 2020

Barrick fighting PNG move to grant Porgera lease to state-backed miner

Barrick will challenge Marape's government reported move to grant a 20-year lease for Porgera to state-owned Kumul Minerals Holdings.

August 27, 2020

MINING.COM MINUTE: Biggest stories of the week

Rhodium price on track for new record, copper to extend rally, Glencore strategy to underpin cobalt prices.

August 27, 2020

Kazatomprom buys uranium as inventory under pressure

Some 20 million pounds of supply has been lost this year, the company said.

August 27, 2020

Freeport to ease lockdown in bid to end protest at Grasberg

Operations have been disrupted after workers have blocked access to the world's second-largest copper mine in the easternmost region of Papua since Monday.

August 25, 2020

Top 10 countries with largest gold reserves

The top 10 central banks with the largest gold reserves have remained mostly unchanged for the last few years.

August 25, 2020

New nickel price launched as attention shifts to green supply

Metal trades at 9-month high as mined output tanks, but future supply for EVs looks to acid-leaching projects that pump waste into the ocean.

August 25, 2020

Protest at Grasberg mine extends to second day

Freeport mine workers demand an easing of a coronavirus lockdown.

August 24, 2020

Elon Musk is going to have a hard time finding clean nickel

Recent accidents suggest the industry will struggle to meet Musk’s request for a large quantity of the metal produced in an “environmentally sensitive” way.

August 24, 2020

Trove of 1,000-year-old gold coins unearthed in Israel

A rare stash of pure gold coins from the Abbasid Caliphate period was uncovered by young volunteers in an archaeological excavation.