Mining companies could benefit in cash and technology as major fossil fuel companies such as ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM), Occidental Petroleum (NYSE: OXY) and Equinor (NYSE: EQNR) invest in lithium, a potential lifeline amid…
Decision ends a decades-long dispute over Jabikula, one of the world’s largest untapped deposits of high-grade uranium.
In June, Australia’s Paladin Energy (ASX; PDN; US-OTC: PALAF) launched a $1.1-billion all-share bid for Fission Uranium (TSX: FCU; US-OTC: FCUUF) and its “world-class” Patterson Lake South project in Saskatchewan. …
BHP (NYSE: BHP; LSE: ASX; ASX: BHP) says the first phase of its massive Jansen potash mine in Saskatchewan has surpassed the halfway point of construction. The world’s biggest miner…
Shareholders of Canada’s Karora Resources (TSX: KRR; US-OTC: KRRGF) have voted nearly unanimously in favour of a A$1.23 billion (US$817 million) acquisition by Australia’s Westgold Resources (ASX: WGX). The final…
Scientists with the United States Geographical Survey, a government research agency, have developed a new scientific assessment of how earthquakes threaten worldwide mineral commodity supplies. The methodology was developed…
According to a new report by S&P Global, the United States has the second-longest lead times in the world for developing a new mine. Mines in the U.S. go from…
Simandou, one of the world’s most significant iron ore developments, may soon challenge Australia’s Pilbara region as the world’s dominant producer of the steelmaking metal. Initially discovered in 1997,…
Fortescue (ASX: FMG) plans to cut about 700 jobs, or 4.5% of its global workforce, as part of a new restructuring push that will see the Australian iron ore miner scale…
Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO; ASX: RIO) has appointed Katie Jackson, a former Shell executive, as the new head of the company’s copper division, based in London, U.K. Jackson,…
Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO; ASX: RIO) says it has all necessary regulatory approvals to resume construction at its vast Simandou iron ore asset, the world’s biggest mining project,…
The International Seabed Authority (ISA) kicked off on Monday a two-week meeting expected to be pivotal as the UN body works on the world’s initial regulations for the mining activity,…
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