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Analysis
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![Barrick and Mali: inside a 20-year partnership]()
Barrick and Mali: inside a 20-year partnership
Barrick is celebrating two decades of work in Mali, having kick-started the country’s gold-mining industry and delivered benefits for shareholders and locals. We consider the miner’s history of production and...
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![Exit stage left: the big miners moving away from coal]()
Exit stage left: the big miners moving away from coal
Rio Tinto sold its last coal mines in 2018, becoming the first mining major to go coal-free. Since then other mining companies have followed Rio Tinto’s lead and exited the...
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![Q&A: investing in technology metals with TechMet]()
Q&A: investing in technology metals with TechMet
Demand for so-called ‘technology metals’, including lithium, vanadium, cobalt, and nickel is set to soar as the world is getting ready for revolutions in energy storage, electric vehicles and more....
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![Australia and the US: a rare, rare-earth partnership]()
Australia and the US: a rare, rare-earth partnership
Australia and the US have partnered together to find news sources of critical minerals, including rare earth minerals, and reduce their reliance on China which currently dominates supply and demand....
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![Something in the water: read this and more in the latest issue of MINE Australia]()
Something in the water: read this and more in the latest issue of MINE Australia
In this issue: are mines damaging the water supply in New South Wales, Australian uranium bounces back, Australia and the US’ rare-earth partnership, and more.
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![Mining New South Wales: climate change, coal and opportunity]()
Mining New South Wales: climate change, coal and opportunity
New South Wales is one of Australia’s top three mining states, contributing around A$1.8bn in annual royalties and employing over 40,000 people. Yet, amid growing concerns around the environment and...
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![Australian uranium: a new chapter?]()
Australian uranium: a new chapter?
Despite possessing some of the largest uranium resources in the world, globally unstable prices and state-wide regulatory impediments have stopped the Australian industry from reaching its full potential. Now, miners...
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![Australia’s mining workforce want list]()
Australia’s mining workforce want list
The Australian Resources and Energy Group has published a report predicting that the sector will need 21,000 new workers by 2024, putting pressure on new and approved mining projects to...
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![Are mining companies jumping the gun on lithium?]()
Are mining companies jumping the gun on lithium?
Lithium has skyrocketed on the back of huge demand created by the battery industry. While lithium demand shows few signs of slowing down, battery technology is changing at an enormous...
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![Marine mining: lessons from Namibia]()
Marine mining: lessons from Namibia
The seabed is considered one of the last mining frontiers. Yet offshore Namibia, De Beers has been commercially prospecting the sea since 2002. But how does marine mining for diamonds...
