Savannah touts potential lower costs at Portugal lithium project
Early results from metallurgical test work at Mina do Barroso show potential for lower capital and operating costs.
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The US broke record on energy storage deployment in Q4-2020
Over 2,000 megawatt-hours of new energy storage systems were brought online in Q4-2020 in the United States.
Cyanide monitoring technology gets big funding in the US
CyanoGuard is a digital platform that enables rapid toxin detection and allows gold miners to reduce cyanide use by 15-20%.
Rio Tinto chairman to step down over caves blast scandal
Simon Thompson is the latest high-profile departure linked to the miner’s destruction of ancient rock shelters in Western Australia.
Miners, OEMs launch Electric Mine Consortium
The Electric Mine Consortium’s goal is to accelerate progress towards the fully-electrified, zero-CO2 and zero-particulates mine.
Advance Gold to enter the battery metals space
The Canadian company wants to acquire 13 lithium-potassium-boron prospective salars in central Mexico.
Fresnillo cautious on 2021 outlook despite soaring profits
The miner said uncertainty related to the ongoing impacts of covid-19 in Mexico, its focus market, takes part of the shine off its full-year profit, which tripled thanks to sharply higher gold and silver prices.
Bluestone’s Cerro Blanco gold project expected to produce 300 koz per year
A PEA for Bluestone Resources’ Cerro Blanco project shows it is capable of producing over 300,000 ounces of gold per year at first decile AISC.
Canada Silver Cobalt working on new battery recycling initiative
The British Columbia-based company is working on a project that uses the hydrometallurgical Re-2Ox process to recover metals from lithium-ion, nickel-hydride and nickel-cadmium batteries.
Rio Tinto, Mongolia reach deal to replace Oyu Tolgoi expansion plan
News of the agreement come as the Australian Taxation Office has hit the miner with a fresh A$406.5 million ($317m) bill.
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, […]