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Ghana’s Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, during a visit to the…
When two Oglala Lakota scouts heard drilling was expected to begin on Pe’ Sla, the…
Australian Indigenous group appeals Fortescue mining compensation ruling, seeks $1.3 billion
Australia’s Yindjibarndi Indigenous group said on Wednesday it had lodged an appeal with the federal…
As the country places more priority on the mining industry in this financial year, Namayingo…
MINING
Mining, long a part of state history, is now a $4 billion-a-year industry in Alaska,…
LATEST NEWS
‘Gateway to the Klondike’: Skagway port securing U.S. funds energizes Yukon mine
Some Yukon mining industry representatives and members of the legislature are welcoming news that the United States government will pay for a port project in southeast Alaska. Gov. Mike Dunleavy announced last week that Skagway secured $38.6 million US to…
As South African mining companies navigate the complexities caused by decades of intensive extraction, which have significantly reduced the availability of the world’s richest and most accessible high-grade ore deposits, South African research and development organisation Mintek has created MinBind…
As mining operations place increasing pressure on plant throughput, equipment longevity and environmental control, transfer point design is becoming a far more strategic component of materials handling systems. According to Dewald Tintinger, Technical Director at Weba Chute Systems, poorly engineered…
Zambia’s talks with the US over a new $2 billion health aid deal stalled because the proposed agreement included data sharing that would violate citizens’ privacy rights and was conditional on first agreeing to preferential access to mineral resources, the…
Tribes navigating the U.S. lithium boom have little power to influence decisions on homelands seized from them. Governments in other countries have begun to build systems that offer stronger legal protections. In the U.S., many Native American tribes maintain deep…
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has determined The Metals Company’s application for deep sea mining permits meets all requirements under federal law, marking a significant step toward potential commercial seafloor operations in the Pacific Ocean. TMC announced NOAA found the…
Rescuers have recovered the bodies of all eight miners trapped after a coal mine collapsed in the remote Magadan region of Russia’s Far East, emergency officials confirmed Monday. The disaster occurred last Thursday at a site operated by the Kolymskaya Coal Company.…
Rio Tinto, Resource Minerals International and Sidney Resources led April’s Global Mining Power Rankings in their respective categories, highlighting how geopolitical tensions, supply chain disruptions and shifting commodity demand are reshaping investor priorities. Sentiment drove markets this month. Conflict involving…