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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%. Cecilia Jamasmie | March 4, 2021 | 6:11 am
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. Cecilia Jamasmie | March 3, 2021 | 7:06 am
Advance Gold to enter the battery metals space The Canadian company wants to acquire 13 lithium-potassium-boron prospective salars in central Mexico. Cecilia Jamasmie | March 3, 2021 | 6:11 am
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. Cecilia Jamasmie | March 2, 2021 | 7:14 am
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. Cecilia Jamasmie | March 2, 2021 | 6:13 am
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. Cecilia Jamasmie | March 2, 2021 | 4:07 am
Vale drills caused Brumadinho dam collapse, police say Investigation concluded that the disaster was triggered by vertical perforations in a weak point of the structure. Bruno Venditti | March 1, 2021 | 11:02 am
New lead battery technology could be cheaper solution to store solar energy Engineers are working to incorporate a bipolar technology that uses silicon wafers in traditional lead batteries. Cecilia Jamasmie | March 1, 2021 | 6:10 am
Past-producing gold mine in Manitoba is being revived Satori Resources is about to start drilling at the Tartan Lake gold mine project near Flin Flon. Cecilia Jamasmie | March 1, 2021 | 6:07 am