Q&A: Mining, renewables, and gold high in the Andes with Aggreko
More than 4.5km above sea level, high in the Andes Mountains, Gold Fields operates the Salares Norte project. The gold mine lies 180km from the nearest town and airstrip, making...
Analysis
Battery Minerals trends: Lithium leads Twitter mentions in Q1 2021
Mining Technology lists the top five terms tweeted on battery minerals in Q1 2021, based...
Can a new deep coal mine be reconciled with the UK’s climate pledges?
Proposals for Woodhouse Colliery would see Cumbria, in the northwest of England, play host to the UK’s first new deep...
Timeline: the life and times of Australia’s unlikely Argyle diamond mine
After 37 years, the Argyle Diamond mine in the Kimberley region of Western Australia has closed its doors. Speaking at...
How China is moving beyond Australia for its iron ore hunger
China has a seemingly endless hunger for iron ore but the country's relationship with one of its primary providers, Australia,...
Mapping rare earths projects outside China
Despite their name, the 17 minerals labelled rare earth elements are not that rare. According to the US Geological Survey, they are about as common as copper. But REEs are both…
Vattenfall and Kaunis Iron team up for fossil-free mining
Sweden is leading the charge in clean energy, topping the World Economic Forum’s Energy Transitions Index in its efforts to achieve the Paris targets, with over half (54%) of its…
Q&A: Emiral Resources founder Boris Ivanov on smart mining after Covid-19
2020 saw mines suspended on an unprecedented scale: more than 1,600 mines were recorded by data and analytics company GlobalData as being temporarily suspended at the height of the first…
Q&A: Elsevier on bringing MapStand’s data into Geofacets
Analytics company Elsevier has a new project: combining the work of data and analytics provider MapStand, which specialises in mapping energy infrastructure, oil and gas assets, and renewable energy projects,…
Tracing mining’s carbon emissions with blockchain
The World Economic Forum’s Mining and Metals Blockchain Initiative, set up with Anglo American, Antofagasta Minerals, Eurasian Resources Group, Glencore, Klöckner & Co, Minsur, and Tata Steel, was established in…
Toughness and technology: what can we learn from two decades of mine rescues?
Just as mining operations have evolved over the years, with technological innovations and safety awareness working to tighten regulations and risk management efforts, so we’ve also seen rescue efforts evolve…
