November 17, 2015 Brazil mine accident puts tailings ponds safety back in the hot spot Until early November, the failure at the Canadian Mount Polley copper mine had been the worst such breach in recent years.
November 17, 2015 K+S Potash to hire 150 workers for its Canada’s Legacy project The Legacy mine, located approximately 50km north of the city of Moose Jaw, will be the first new potash operation built in the last 40 years in Saskatchewan.
November 17, 2015 Rio Tinto to close Queensland coal mine if extension gets rejected The company said that extending Kestrel, its only underground coal operation, would add 20 years to the mine’s life.
November 16, 2015 India won’t need coal imports by 2017: Piyush Goyal The Union Minister says coal shortages will soon be a thing of the past as India won't need to import dry fuel by 2017.
November 16, 2015 World coal consumption to drop up to 4% further by year-end Use of coal for power generation peaked about two years ago, a new report suggests.
November 16, 2015 Mining in Europe began more than 4,000 years ago, study reveals Mining in the Alps dates back much further than previously thought — in the Austrian region of Montafon since the Bronze Age.
November 16, 2015 Paragon Diamonds halts trading on capital, financial position woes The Africa-focused miner needs funding to complete the acquisition of the Mothae project and to repay short-term debts, including £500,000 due this week.
November 16, 2015 New innovation from Atlas Copco makes loading options an easy choice “It’s all about making it easier to find the right setup that will result in high loading capacity and cost efficiency.”
November 15, 2015 Molycorp restructure plan includes asset sales The beleaguered rare earths producer has announced a plan to restructure that may include the sale of its Mountain Pass mine in California.
November 14, 2015 British potash mine to shed 220 jobs Britain’s only potash mine is cutting hundreds of jobs and switching away from potash production in a further blow to industry in north-east England.
Op-Ed: America can’t defend itself with Chinese minerals US is building new critical-mineral processing facilities from Texas to Tennessee, but without new sources of raw material, those plants will sit idle. January 23, 2026 | 12:56 pm
