Mining major BHP has signed an option agreement for Encounter Resources’ Elliott copper project in the Northern Territory of Australia. Following the completion of the earn-in, a 75-25 joint venture...
Brazilian mining giant Vale is moving to address concerns and reduce its emissions by a third by 2030. As part…
Polish authorities and mining unions said that an agreement on a restructuring plan on the 'unprofitable' and 'polluting' coal industry in the country is imminent.…
Mining major BHP has signed an option agreement for Encounter Resources’ Elliott copper project in the Northern Territory of Australia. Following the completion of the…
the Government of Queensland, Australia has announced a multi-million-dollar funding boost to Glencore’s Mount Isa copper smelter and Townsville copper…
Logistics company Bis and Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) have announced the launch of a new joint venture (JV) Auto-mate, to…
Mineral exploration firm Japan Gold, in alliance with Barrick Gold, has announced that it has acquired the Kanehana project in…
American company Tesla, the world’s most valuable car company by market cap, has revealed its plans to break into the…
Gold leads as Mining Technology lists the top five terms tweeted in commodity markets in August 2020, based on data from GlobalData’s Influencer Platform. 1. Gold – 1116 mentions The…
Global lead production is expected to decline by 5.2% to 4.5 million tonnes (Mt) in 2020. The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in late December 2019 significantly impacted the mining…
GlobalData’s Covid-19 Mining Company Impact shows how the virus is affecting miners, based on the relative impact of Covid-19 on the countries in which miners are operating and the changes…
From 'Europe's digital decade', to the $40bn sale of ARM, here are the key developments so far this week. NS...
From AWS’s fury over Microsoft’s $10bn Pentagon cloud deal, to a new £50m fund for AI-powered healthcare products, Oscar Williams finds the five key developments...
From the government's plans to overhaul digital identity, to HMRC's new CDIO, here are the key stories so far this week.
The world of banking is poised for a step-change as many central banks ponder the introduction of a digital currency, and among those leading discussions...
Brumadinho disaster overshadows mining safety improvements in 2019
The Brumadinho disaster on 25 January 2019 was one of the worst ever mining accidents when a tailings dam at Vale’s Córrego do Feijã mine near Brumadinho in Brazil, suffered…