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2021 January 21

Trapped Chinese miners continue to communicate with rescue teams

The 11 miners trapped in a Chinese gold mine after an explosion blocked entrance to the mine remain in communication with ...

2021 January 21

Epiroc battery-electric vehicles to be tested at LKAB’s undergrou...

In Kiruna, Sweden, tests are ongoing to set a new world standard for sustainable mining. In the process to achieve this, LKAB...

2021 January 20

Graphite One project designated as High-Priority Infrastructure P...

Graphite One Inc. announced that on Jan. 15, 2021 it received notice that its Graphite Creek Project has been designated a Hi...

2021 January 19

Ivanhoe Mines founder sees a bright future for global mining sect...

Robert Friedland, the founder and executive co-chairman of Ivanhoe Minerals was the keynote speaker for the Association of Mi...

2021 January 19

Zambia agrees to take on $1.5 billion debt to buy Glencore copper...

Zambia's government announced that it has reached an agreement with Glencore to purchase the company's majority stakes in Mop...

2021 January 18

BLM issues Record of Decision for Thacker Pass Mine in Nevada

The U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) issued a Record of Decision approving Lithium Nevada's proposed Thacker Pass Lithium...

2021 January 18

Rio Tinto enters scandium market with construction of new plant i...

Rio Tinto will become the first producer of high-quality scandium oxide in North America, with construction of a new commerci...

2021 January 18

Trapped miners send note to rescuers seven days after explosion

In a development reminiscent of the rescue of 33 miners in Chile in Oct. 2010 (ME, Oct. 2010) rescuers in China say they rec...

2021 January 15

Judge denies lawsuit to block Resolution Copper Mine in Arizona

A federal judge denied a motion that would halt the land swap that would give Rio Tinto the land it needs to develop the prop...

2021 January 14

Minnesota lawmakers propose ban and moratorium on copper mining

Efforts to slow copper-mining's advance into Minnesota are intensifying, with state lawmakers proposing a prohibitive measure...

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