Sample recovered 220 years ago turns out to be new mineral
The new mineral has been named kernowite.
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Two workers trapped in underground mine in Chile
Chile’s mining agency is leading the rescue efforts.
Minnova closer to restarting past-producing PL mine in Manitoba
The Toronto-based miner said it made significant advances at PL in 2020.
Exploring for pegmatite-bound commodities without drilling, blasting
A new project called Greenpeg wants to stimulate investors to explore Europe for clean energy metals and minerals.
Ares to provide fluorspar for breakthrough technology
The Canadian miner will start producing fluorspar lumps from material that was previously unsuitable for their manufacture.
Cobalt may substitute platinum in fuel cells
A team led by researchers at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in the US designed a highly active catalyst that contains cobalt […]
Anti-mining activists attack Curimining worker in Ecuador
A group of anti-mining activists attacked a worker that leads community relations for Curimining, the Ecuadorian company in charge of developing the […]
Metso Outotec sells aluminum business
The Finnish company reached a deal with France’s REEL International.
Worker at Ekati diamond mine in Canada’s north tests positive for covid-19
Dominion Diamond Mines said contact tracing has been performed and no one else is at risk.
Spanish cities opposed to exploration in Emerita Resources’ project area
Paymogo and Puebla de Guzmán said that exploration is forbidden in La Romanera, part of the company’s Iberian Belt West polymetallic project.
Deep sea mining puts $560 billion in land extraction at risk — report
Deep sea mining is expected to negatively affect countries that mine metals on Earth, risking over $560 billion in annual export earning, […]