In March 2020, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, steel prices traded between $500 and $800. The price of steel as of July 2021 is up over 200%, trading at $1,800, and many involved in the...
Glencore has fully acquired the Cerrejón thermal coal mine for about $588m amidst a rise...
Copper production was impacted by the pandemic, but is expected to bounce back in 2021.
According to GlobalData, coal production in India is expected to grow in 2021 despite the...
Although limited in the past few years, global uranium production is set to grow in...
The popularity of autonomous haul trucks is gradually growing across surface mines, with miners taking advantage of improvements to productivity; reductions in accidents and operating costs; increased machine life and tyre life and lower fuel...
Popularised in the early 2000s, the phrase 'cloud computing' had been around for decades before that.
Cloud computing is a technology that provides a convenient model for computing and ubiquitous access to computing resources.
Global iron ore production fell by 3% to 2.2bnt in 2020. Declines from Brazil and India were major contributors to the reduced output in 2020.
Production from the world’s eighth-largest gold producers decreased by 6.5% to 25 million ounces (Moz) in 2020 due to lower ore grades, sale of assets, lower mill throughput and lower recoveries.
With leading mining companies pledging to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions and many targeting carbon neutrality by 2050, a switch from diesel-fuelled vehicles to battery-powered will be a critical step.
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