Rio Tinto’s Diavik mine wins environmental award for solar plant
Rio Tinto said its Diavik diamond mine in Canada’s Northwest Territories won an environmental award for its 3.5-megawatt solar power…
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Ma’aden deploys space technology to explore projects across Arabian Shield
Australian space explorer Fleet Space Technologies announced Monday it has signed a contract with Saudi miner Ma’aden to explore up…
CIA’s venture capital arm invests in Colorado-based critical minerals startup
Colorado-based critical minerals extraction start-up Alta Resource Technologies announced Monday it has expanded its Series Seed funding to $10 million…
CIM launches Innovation and Technology Society
The Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy & Petroleum (CIM) has launched The Innovation & Technology Society (ITS) to unite innovators…
Neutron star explosions may have caused gold to form, new study suggests
The true origins of the Earth’s heaviest elements like gold have eluded astrophysicists for decades. The prevailing scientific view is…
Agnico Eagle podcast spotlights Nunavut’s people, environment and mining
Agnico Eagle Mines (TSX, NYSE: AEM), generating about one-fifth of Nunavut’s gross domestic product, launched The Arctic Edge podcast series on Thursday.…
Ace Green, OM Commodities sign lead scrap supply deal for Texas recycling facility
Battery recycling technology solutions provider Ace Green Recycling announced Wednesday it has signed a supply agreement with OM Commodities, which specializes…
Weir completes acquisition of Micromine for $840M
Weir Group announced Wednesday it has completed the acquisition of mining software provider Micromine in an all-cash deal valued at £624…
China makes thorium-based nuclear energy breakthrough using past US work
China may have achieved a “Sputnik moment” in the clean energy technology race by successfully reloading a nuclear reactor that runs…
Botswana economy hit hard as diamond slump deepens
Botswana is bracing for deeper spending cuts and a widening budget deficit as a prolonged slump in diamond demand pressures…