Mining’s forgotten ‘S’: has decarbonisation obscured the social angle of ESG?
ESG – environmental, social and governance – strategies were the hot topic of the early 2020s, but policy researchers generally…
09 Oct 2025
How economic development ambitions and a global tech war are shaping the rise of resource nationalism
In 2022, a panel from the World Trade Organisation (WTO) sided against Indonesia in a case brought against it by the EU. Indonesia had, over the previous years, enacted a…
01 Oct 2025
Inspiring women in mining: Sue Keay, director, UNSW AI Institute
“I have had to get comfortable with feeling like a square peg in a round hole”, says Sue Keay, director of the University of New South Wales (UNSW) AI Institute…
29 Sep 2025
Q&A: commercialising mine waste as a permanent carbon credit offering
Developed over 20 years of research at the University of British Columbia, Canada, carbon sequestration company Arca works on industrial-scale carbon mineralisation in mine tailings, offering permanent carbon dioxide (CO₂)…
26 Sep 2025
The US is copper-rich, but can Trump really “bring copper home”?
The US is home to 5.5% of the world’s copper reserves – the sixth-biggest share globally. However, it has long been dependent on imports to meet demand from its energy,…
22 Sep 2025
Special report: Is Oman’s future paved with copper?
Renowned for its cultural heritage, in recent decades Oman has built a rich history based on its access to natural resources. At the beginning of the 1960s, the kingdom, and…
12 Sep 2025
Trialling the world’s first full battery trolley dump truck
At the edge of the open-pit mine, a massive dump truck rounds the corner. Without stopping, it raises two pantographs and connects seamlessly to the overhead trolley lines, much like…