Underground mining safety: why accidents persist and what technologies help
Underground mining accidents are rarely random. They tend to occur in predictable conditions: at intersections, around blind corners and in…
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Alejandro Gonzalez
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Permitting, not geology: why Chile’s mining sector is stalling
Across interviews with industry lawyers and executives, a consistent diagnosis emerges: Chile’s mining constraints are not geological. They are institutional.…
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Q&A: Measuring what matters, inside GRI’s mining sustainability standard
The mining industry has no shortage of sustainability frameworks. What it lacks is alignment. Companies operate across jurisdictions with divergent…
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New episode: Sustainable reporting in mining
How do you measure sustainability in mining? The question sits at the centre of the Global Reporting Initiative’s (GRI) first…
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Australia’s iron ore machine faces a structural test
From the red dust of Western Australia (WA) to the negotiating rooms in Beijing, Australia’s iron ore sector is navigating…
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The pull of rare earths: new issue of MINE out now!
The latest issue of our digital magazine, MINE, is out now. Read it online here on any device. In this issue, we hone…
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How Trump’s tariffs are reshaping the mining equipment finance sector
The Donald Trump administration’s expanded 2025 tariffs have pushed the global machinery and equipment industry into a new era of…
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Why Chile’s mines are turning to the sea
Water is a critical input in mining, used to process ores, suppress dust and cool equipment – but in Chile’s…