World’s largest miners commit to net zero emissions by 2050
A group of the world’s biggest mining companies have pledged to reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 or sooner, in line with the…
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De Beers sells first traceable diamonds under GemFair
Anglo American’s De Beers, the world’s largest rough diamond producer by value, has sold the first roughs produced under the GemFair program, aimed at removing…
The Northern Miner Podcast – episode 259: North American battery makers look to ESG-friendly cobalt, ft Ryan Snyder at the Global Mining Symposium
This week’s episode features First Cobalt CFO Ryan Snyder in conversation with Mining.com executive editor Frik Els at the Global Mining Symposium. Ryan discusses the…
BHP inks nickel supply deal with Toyota-Panasonic battery venture
BHP (NYSE: BHP; LSE: BHP; ASX: BHP) has inked a deal to supply nickel sulphate from Western Australia to a battery-making joint venture between Toyota…
Barrick ramping up new underground mine at Loulo-Gounkoto in Mali
The company expects to achieve its 2021 guidance of 510,000 to 560,000 ounces (80% basis) at Loulo-Gounkoto.
Group Ten Metals closing in on initial resource for Stillwater West project in Montana
Group Ten Metals (TSXV: PGE; US-OTC: PGEZF) expects to publish its first resource estimate in the coming weeks for the Stillwater West platinum-group elements (PGE)…
TSX down, Sept. 27-Oct. 1 trading week
The S&P/TSX Composite Index fell 251.83 points or 1.23% to finish the September 27-Oct. 1 trading week at 20,150.87. The S&P/TSX Global Mining Index fell…
Lithium-ion battery recycling market to reach US$31B per year by 2040 — report
In a new report, IDTechEx forecasts that by 2040, the global lithium-ion battery recycling market will be worth US$31 billion annually. According to the market…
BHP opens Australia’s first nickel sulphate plant
BHP (NYSE: BHP; LSE: BHP; LSE: BHP) announced that it has produced the first nickel sulphate crystals from its plant in Kwinana, outside Perth in…
Endeavour Mining outlines ambitious five-year exploration plan
Endeavour Mining (TSX: EDV; LSE: EDV), West Africa’s top gold producer, has unveiled an ambitious five-year plan to add between 15 and 20 million indicated ounces of gold through exploration over the next five…
Global Mining Symposium: Jeffrey Christian says capital formation constraints could ultimately stunt EV revolution
The rapid onset of the green energy revolution could be stunted by pervasive structural issues in the finance sector spilling over to mining. It hinders…
Ivanhoe’s Kamoa-Kakula concentrator beating design throughput target
Ivanhoe Mines (TSX: IVN; US-OTC: IVPAF) says that after the first phase of concentrator construction, the facility is exceeding designed throughput rates, treating 320,000 tonnes…