American company Tesla, the world’s most valuable car company by market cap, has revealed its plans to break into the battery metals mining business. The company revealed the latest announcement...
The very nature of the mining industry lends itself to discussions regarding worker safety. As human workers interact with heavy…
American company Tesla, the world’s most valuable car company by market cap, has revealed its plans to break into the battery metals mining business. The…
The Responsible Mining Foundation (RMF) has updated its reporting on the commitments of the world’s mining companies to meeting the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)…
Glencore subsidiary Kamoto Copper Company (KCC) is reportedly ramping up to full production and is expected to produce 270,000t of…
The US Department of Energy (DoE) has announced its plans to provide $122m in federal financing for ‘cost-shared’ research and…
American copper major Freeport-McMoRan has announced its commitment to the ‘Copper Mark’, a global standard to ensure responsible production and…
The first comprehensive, global-scale dataset of the geographical area used for mining activities has been released by researchers from Vienna…
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…