Transforming Artisanal Mining Can Be Beneficial for People and the Planet
Artisanal and Small-scale Miners (ASM) are the “orphans” of the mining world. The global mining…
Zambia to start trading its own copper, competing with Glencore
Lumwana is located in Zambia’s Northwestern Province. (Image courtesy of Barrick Gold.) Zambia plans to directly…
Tanzanian Mines on Tier One Track With Potential for Extending Lives, Growing Production
ULYANHULU GOLD MINE, TANZANIA – Barrick Gold Corporation (NYSE:GOLD) (TSX:ABX) – Barrick’s North Mara and Bulyanhulu gold…
Legislature of Argentina’s lithium-rich province discusses expediting EIA procedures
omina Sassarini, Salta’s Secretary of Mines, meets with the provincial legislature in August 2023. (Image…
Element Africa: Ghanaian communities challenge mining regulation and Shell spills more oil in the Niger Delta
Anger rises as Shell pipeline contaminates river and farms in southeastern Nigeria. Activists call for…
Maximising the benefits of sensor-based ore sorting machines
Ore sorting has been shown to provide both economic and environmental benefits, but many mines…
Let the Rules Reign in Mining Operations
OPINION The government has announced the intention of four new large-scale mining companies to start…
Copper price: Chile, Codelco face another lost decade of output growth
Tunnel vision. Chuquicamata mine, Chile. Credit: Codelco. After an early jobs-report bump on Friday in…
Second Doppelmayr RopeCon goes live at Northam’s Booysendal mine
The second Doppelmayr RopeCon® system at Northam Platinum’s Booysendal platinum mine in South Africa has…