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2021 July 29

FLSmidth acquires thyssenkrupp’s Mining business

FLSmidth A/S announced that has reached an agreement to acquire thyssenkrupp’s mining business for €325 million (a...

2021 July 28

Hecla’s Greens Creek Mine Recognized for Leadership, Ethics and O...

Hecla Mining Company’s Greens Creek Mine was named the Rita Sholton Large Business of the Year award by the Alaska Cham...

2021 July 27

Rio Tinto commits $2.4 billion for lithium project in Serbia

Rio Tinto announced plans for a $2.4 billion commitment to the Jadar lithium-borates project in Serbia that when operationa...

2021 July 27

Mining companies are expected to announce record profits

According to analysis done by Bloomberg, the commodities boom that has been sparked by efforts to emerge from the COVID-19 pa...

2021 July 26

Rio Tinto approves $108 million investment for potential undergro...

Rio Tinto has approved a $108 million investment in underground development at the Kennecott copper operations near Salt Lake...

2021 July 25

Excavation work may proceed at Lithium America’s Thacker Pass sit...

Lithium Americas will be allowed to conduct excavation work at its Thacker Pass lithium mine site in Nevada thanks to a rulin...

2021 July 23

Northeast Corridor Commission releases $117 billion plan

The United States’ Northeast Corridor (NEC) Commission released the $US117 billion Connect NEC 2035 (C35) 15-year plan ...

2021 July 22

BHP signs agreement to supply nickel to Tesla

The world’s largest mining company, BHP, and one of the world’s leading electric vehicle manufactures, Tesla Inc....

2021 July 21

Deliveries of Volkswagen’s battery electric vehicles have nearly ...

Volkswagen announced that its global deliveries of battery electric vehicles (BEV) nearly tripled in the first half of 2021. ...

2021 July 21

Metso Outotec to design copper smelter for Freeport Indonesia Man...

PT Freeport Indonesia (PTFI) announced that it has signed a US$3 billion contract to develop a copper smelter in Gresik, East...

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