BHP and Vale square off in London court over Samarco tailings disaster
Vale is challenging BHP’s claim that the two miners should split any fine over the deadly 2015 dam collapse in Brazil.
Environment
How miners are dealing with Canada’s extreme wildfire season
It seems that few parts of Canada will be spared from the unusually disruptive and destructive wildfire season now well under way. The blazes started…
Norway to open its waters to deep-sea mining
The Norwegian government outlined on Tuesday details of a plan to open its sea floor for commercial mineral exploration and extraction, targeting metals considered essential…
GMS Video: Mineral processing is key to ESG – so why does it still get short shrift?
Miners understand the importance of innovation in mineral processing in reducing their environmental footprints, addressing community concerns and running more efficient operations. But companies still…
Deep-sea mining may affect thousands of new species found in hotspot
Scientists have identified more than 5,500 entirely new species in the CCZ of the Pacific Ocean, an area targeted by deep sea miners.
BHP unveils first natural capital accounting results
Results of first pilot case study on the application of natural capital accounting principles in mining focused on former mineral sands operation in Australia.
Hudbay on track for carbon-neutral operations at Constancia in Peru
Hudbay Minerals (TSX: HBM; NYSE: HBM) says a renewable energy contract it’s inked in Peru for its Constancia copper operations marks a major milestone towards…
The first book on Ontario’s Ring of Fire sees a happy ending for contentious development
When geologist and writer Virginia Heffernan was looking for a topic for her first book, it didn’t take long for her to settle on Ontario’s…
Biden earmarks US$450M for clean energy projects at coal mines
The United States has set aside US$450 million to advance clean energy projects on current and former mine sites, with special attention to those that…
Video: How Dundee Sustainable Technologies is making mine processing greener
Dundee Sustainable Technologies president and CEO Jean-Philippe Mai tells Canadian Mining Journal Editor-in-Chief Tamer Elbokl about the company’s innovative and environmentally friendly processing technologies during…
Biden soothes Canada’s fears of being crushed by US clean energy push
It can be easy to take a partnership between Canada and the United States as a given,” U.S. President Joe Biden told the House of Commons…
Video: Why mining is about to hit the decarbonization ‘tipping point’
Canadian Mining Journal Editor-in-Chief Tamer Elbokl talked to Mark Fellows, director and cofounder of Skarn Associates, about the mining sector’s efforts to reduce carbon emissions…