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Central Shaft Commissioning and Production Goals The Gwanda-based gold mining company, Blanket Mine, plans to commission its Central Shaft this quarter. This move will boost the…
Vale (NYSE: VALE) has obtained permission from environmental authorities in the northern state of Pará, Brazil, for the resumption of its Serra Leste mine expansion activities.…
What is required to curb the illicit sourcing and trafficking of mineral resources in Africa's Great Lakes region is an all-inclusive strategy involving all stakeholders. This…
2020 was topsy-turvy for the Minnesota iron mining industry. The industry was hard hit by plant idlings, employee furloughs and a slowdown in demand. Mega consolidations…
San Carlos Apache tribal member Wendsler Nosie Sr has been camping in a teepee since January at a campground in the Oak Flat of south-eastern Arizona,…
India's largest bank's shareholders are posing questions over a planned loan to Adani Enterprises Ltd. to help finance the opening of the infamous Carmichael coal mine…
PETALING JAYA: A writer on rare earth elements has advised science and not politics to be the foundation for debates on rare earth mining. Azizan Abu…
As Chinese demand for steel soars and prices sit at a seven-year peak, Northern Territory iron ore mines are making a comeback. In the last few…
China's Rising Control Over Cobalt from Skillings Mining Review on Vimeo. China's Rising Control Over Cobalt- A Challenge to Western Participants!
Last week, key senior MPs, including Deputy Prime Minister Sam Basil, crossed the floor to join the opposition to PNG. Marape said they were within their…
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