Rio Tinto autonomous train derails in Western Australia
Rio Tinto (ASX: RIO) said on Tuesday that an unloaded autonomous train derailed on Sunday evening at about 120 km from Western Australia’s Dampier port. The world’s largest iron ore…
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SQM looks to nurture lithium tech startups with accelerator program
Chile’s SQM (NYSE: SQM), the world’s second largest lithium producer, is calling startups with innovative solutions in the fields of water usage, lithium and electromobility to join the third round of…
Peru unveils platform to speed up permitting
Officials from Peru’s Ministry of Energy and Mines met with representatives from the largest mining companies operating in the country to offer details on a new digital initiative expected to…
Aclara study pegs Brazil rare earths project NPV at US$1.2B
Initial capital costs for Aclara Resources‘ (TSX: ARA) Carina Module rare earths project in Brazil are estimated at US$576 million, with a US$1.2 billion net present value (NPV), according to…
McClean Lake uranium mine headed for 2025 restart
Denison Mines (TSX: DML; NYSE: DNN) and joint venture partner Orano Canada said on Wednesday they will restart the McClean Lake mine, located in the uranium-rich Athabasca Basin in northern Saskatchewan,…
Bolivia hopes US$90M Chinese-funded lithium plant will crack DLE puzzle
Bolivian state-owned lithium company YLB has inked a new deal with a Chinese consortium to install a pilot plant at the vast Uyuni salt flat, where direct lithium extraction (DLE) technology…
Former Fortescue execs launch green iron startup
Two former executives that worked at Fortescue’s clean energy initiatives, Michael Masterman and Bart Kolodziejczyk, have launched a startup that aims to cut carbon emissions of the Australian iron ore…
How did Vale tailings dam burst and kills hundreds?
Construction details in the tailings dam at Vale’s (NYSE: VALE) Corrego do Feijao iron ore mine in Brazil may have caused the burst that killed at least 270 people when…
Ivanhoe Electric shocks Saudi geology to spot targets
Ivanhoe Electric (TSX: IE; NYSE AM: IE) has zapped the ground with its Typhoon surveying system to find drill targets in Saudi Arabia and is content with its project portfolio,…
JV Article: Nine Mile Metals uses new tech to see deeper
Using new technology to see deep into the Earth, Nine Mile Metals (CSE: NINE) is hoping to unlock the secrets of New Brunswick’s prolific Bathurst Mining Camp. Most times when…
Dutch court orders Greenpeace off deep-sea mining vessel amid disputed ocean study
Activists with Greenpeace International have been ordered to vacate a research vessel charted by The Metals Company (NASDAQ: TMC), a pioneer in seafloor polymetallic nodule exploration in the central-eastern Pacific…
Exterra champions carbon-negative mining with CO2-seizing tech
Exterra Carbon Solutions (ECS) aims to give miners a sustainability shot by converting process waste and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions into stable, inert minerals, simultaneously mitigating environmental footprints, rehabilitating mine…