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...
A new project developed at Nazarbayev University’s Institute for Smart Systems and Artificial Intelligence, Kazakhstan,...
We look at the geopolitical dimension of space mining and what the future may hold...
New investors in Jetti Resources are Freeport-McMoRan, BHP, Orion Resource Partners and T. Rowe Price...
In this issue: space mining geopolitics, the UN's push for better tailings management, the bonds...
Matt Farmer investigates why NASA took the Australian outback to Mars’ Jezero Crater.
As the mining industry shifts, new minerals and jurisdictions come to the fore, and graphite mining in Madagascar is one such area receiving new attention. With a chequered past of foreign investment in its mining...
Coal production from the top ten companies fell from a collective 1,704Mt in 2019 to 1,633Mt in 2020 – a 4.2% decline. The most significant declines were observed from Arch Resources (28.6%), PT Bumi (24.9%),...
Information and analytics company Elsevier is integrating MapStand data layers and news into Geofacets, its information solution for geoscientists working across energy sectors. We speak to Jack Bashian, director of business development at Elsevier Engineering...
Global silver mine production is estimated to have declined by 2.4% to 849.7 million ounces (moz) in 2020, the fourth consecutive annual decrease, partly owing to lockdowns and restrictions at top silver-producing countries, particularly Peru,...
After two consecutive years of flat growth, mainly due to lower ore grades and the production disruptions, the impact of COVID-19 on mining operations led to global copper production declining by 2.6% to 20.1Mt in...
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