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Spotlight: Global precious metals exploration 1

Record precious metal prices are driving global exploration for gold and silver. Here’s a list of four companies to keep an eye on. Another four companies under the global […]

Northern Miner Staff | March 9, 2026 | 9:30 am

West speeds up pursuit of China in supply chain race

Lynas Rare Earths (ASX: LYC), Energy Fuels (TSX: EFR; NYSE: UUUU) and MP Materials (NYSE: MP)…

Blair McBride | February 3, 2026 | 10:00 am

Founders Metals boosts land holding, drilling

Founders Metals, (TSXV: FDR; US-OTC: FDMIF) one of the most advanced gold…

Blair McBride | January 9, 2026 | 11:59 am

Veolia sets new standard for large-scale water reuse in Brazil

Veolia’s innovative technologies are establishing a benchmark for water reuse…

Joseph Quesnel | July 29, 2025 | 6:23 pm

Site visit: Pasco aims to green the Andes by mining silver-zinc tailings

CERRO DE PASCO, PERU — Standing on a hilltop over…

Blair McBride | June 10, 2025 | 5:52 pm

Iron recovery, dry stack tails approved for Altiplano’s El Penon plant at Farellon

Altiplano Metals (TSXV: APN) has received approval from the Chilean mining authority to include an iron separator and a high-efficiency water recovery […]

Marilyn Scales | December 16, 2021 | 10:41 am

Interventions against illegal mining in Peru narrowly effective

A new study by researchers with the American Geophysical Union found that a major intervention against a hotspot for illegal river gold […]

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 16, 2021 | 6:09 am

IDTechEx report: mine electrification offers prospect to sell renewable power

IDTechEx, a market researcher, business intelligence provider and emerging technology advisor, has released a report on the growing electrification of the mining […]

Marilyn Scales | December 9, 2021 | 11:51 am

Auxico plans to build US$116M rare earth refinery in Colombia

Auxico Resources Canada (CSE: AUAG) is making plans to build a 10,000-sq.-metre rare earth refinery in the free trade zone in the […]

Marilyn Scales | November 29, 2021 | 10:43 am

Interactive map, report show socio-environmental impacts of energy transition

MiningWatch Canada and the Environmental Justice Atlas have released a new interactive map and report that present the social and environmental impacts […]

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 28, 2021 | 12:00 pm

Better supercapacitors can improve renewable energy storage, EV charging speeds

A new analysis technique developed by researchers at the University of Surrey and the University of São Paulo promises to improve renewable […]

MINING.COM Staff Writer | November 15, 2021 | 6:06 am

Brazilian, US companies join forces to push for niobium technology for lithium-ion batteries

Brazilian niobium producer Companhia Brasileira de Metalurgia e Mineração (CBMM) recently announced that it had acquired 20% of US-based start-up Battery Streak […]

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 14, 2021 | 6:42 am

What automation, AI, AR, robotics mean for the future of work in mining

Technological advancements like automation, artificial intelligence, augmented reality, and robotics taking place in parallel with the growing attention to environmental, social and […]

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 24, 2021 | 12:39 pm

Twelve million people now employed in the renewable energy sector – report

A recent report by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and the International Labour Organization states that renewable energy employment worldwide reached […]

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 24, 2021 | 7:57 am

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Spotlight: Global precious metals exploration 1

West speeds up pursuit of China in supply chain race

Founders Metals boosts land holding, drilling

Veolia sets new standard for large-scale water reuse in Brazil

Site visit: Pasco aims to green the Andes by mining silver-zinc tailings

Iron recovery, dry stack tails approved for Altiplano’s El Penon plant at Farellon

Interventions against illegal mining in Peru narrowly effective

IDTechEx report: mine electrification offers prospect to sell renewable power

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