Super strong material produced with Martian rock
Mining News Pro - Researchers at Washington State University report that a small amount of simulated crushed Martian rock mixed with a titanium alloy made a robust and high-performance material in a 3D-printing process that could one day be used on the red planet to make tools or rocket parts.
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EU, US step up Russian aluminum, nickel imports since Ukraine war
Mining News Pro - The European Union and United States have ramped up buying key industrial metals from Russia, data showed, despite logistical problems spurred by the war in Ukraine and tough talk about starving Moscow of foreign exchange revenue.
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Rio Tinto CEO meets top executives at new Chinese ore-buying company
Mining News Pro - The chief executive of global mining firm Rio Tinto has met with top executives at the new Chinese state-owned agency created with an aim of centralizing the country’s iron ore purchases.
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Endeavour Silver founder and Chairman Bradford Cooke passes away
Mining News Pro - Endeavour Silver Corp’s founder, Director and Executive Chairman, Bradford Cooke has passed away in Vancouver, British Columbia at the age of 67.
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Vale fined $17m for Brumadinho tailings dam disaster
Mining News Pro - Brazilian miner Vale SA was fined after the country’s comptroller general decided the firm failed to present reliable information on the conditions of its Brumadinho tailings dam prior to a 2019 disaster, the company said on Monday.
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Chile to ‘sanction’ those responsible for sinkhole near copper mine
Mining News Pro - Chile will seek to apply harsh sanctions on those responsible for a huge sinkhole near a copper mine in the country’s north, the mining minister said on Monday.
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Rio Tinto attracts several proposals to build 4 GW of wind
Mining News Pro - Global miner Rio Tinto has received several offers to build 4 gigawatts (GW) of wind and solar farms to power its alumina and aluminum operations in Australia’s Queensland state, the company’s Australia head said on Friday.
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Ten Mexican miners remain trapped in coal mine after three rescued
Mining News Pro - Rescuers in Mexico, including dozens of soldiers, were working desperately on Wednesday to reach ten miners trapped in a flooded coal mine following the collapse of an inner wall, the ministry handling the disaster said.
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Codelco reports accident at mine where worker died last month
Mining News Pro - Top global copper producer Codelco reported an accident at its Chuquicamata mine on Wednesday, weeks after a mishap killed a worker there and drew scrutiny to the Chilean state company’s safety practices.
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Preparing 90% of freight wagons for the first time in Khuzestan Steel
Mining News Pro - Chief executive of Logistic Steel said that despite the cruel sanctions against Iran regarding the import of capital and main parts of the railway sector, with the helping hand of Khuzestan Steel Company and knowledge-based companies, we were able to supply our demands in this field.
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Climate bill would put US back in global race for EV leadership
Mining News Pro - This week, everyone working on energy and climate issues in the US is intensely focused on the Inflation Reduction Act, looking for smoke signals as to whether it will pass and if any modifications will be made.
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Teck Resources boss to leave after 17 years at top job
Mining News Pro - Teck Resources, Canada’s largest diversified miner, has announced its chief executive officer, Don Lindsay, will step down after 17 years in the role.
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Elon Musk crafts new master plan before Tesla pulls off the old one
Mining News Pro - At some point, Elon Musk is going to blog again.
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Nicico sends heavy machines to the flooded areas of Rafsanjan, Iran
Mining News Pro - The Planning and Budgeting Department of Rafsanjan Governorate announced the dispatch of 71 heavy and light machines to the flooded areas of Rafsanjan.
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De Beers Canada receives fine for 2017 Snap Lake diesel spill
Mining News Pro - De Beers Canada has been fined C$350,000 by Canada’s Environment and Climate Change ministry for a diesel spill at the Snap Lake diamond mine in Northwest Territories.
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MMG suspends copper output guidance after Las Bambas protests in Peru
Mining News Pro - Chinese miner MMG Ltd on Monday said it had suspended its copper production targets for the year following a 60% output drop due to a long protest at its Las Bambas mine in the Peruvian Andes, which significantly disrupted operations.
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Lithium Americas breaks ground on lithium test facility in Nevada
Mining News Pro - Lithium Americas has marked the official opening of its lithium process testing facility located in Reno, Nevada, with a ground-breaking ceremony on Thursday. The company was joined by Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak and University of Nevada, Reno president Brian Sandoval.
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London court to decide who controls $1 billion of Venezuelan gold
Mining News Pro - A London court is finally set to decide who controls more than $1 billion of Venezuelan gold stored in the Bank of England’s vaults.
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HOSCO to become the first steel hub in Iran
Mining News Pro - With the beginning of exploitation projects that each result in 10 million tons of steel, Hormozgan Steel Company will become the first steel hub in Iran.
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ESCO’s agreement with Kordestan province to supply iron ore
Mining News Pro - Esfahan Steel Company has signed a memorandum of understanding with the governor of Kordestan province in Iran in order to complete the iron ore value chain from exploration and extraction to complete mineral processing.
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US, Canadian companies set to soar on Russian uranium ban
Mining News Pro - United States and Canadian-based uranium companies are set to soar on a coming Russian production ban in the Western world, GoldSilver.com’s senior precious metals analyst, Jeff Clark, told an industry audience at the VRIC conference in Vancouver on Tuesday.
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Samarco’s financial creditors plan to take over the company
Mining News Pro - An alternate restructuring plan for Samarco Mineracao SA, a joint venture between Vale SA and BHP Group, proposes that financial creditors take control of the company.
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Ivanhoe completes “starter mine” at multi-billion dollar Platreef project
Mining News Pro - Ivanhoe Mines said on Monday it had finished construction of the Shaft 1 production changeover at its platinum group and gold Platreef mine in the South African province of Limpopo.
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Blast at India’s Tata Steel coke plant injures three contract workers
Mining News Pro - India’s Tata Steel said three contract workers had been injured in a blast at one of its coke plant units in the eastern state of Jharkhand on Saturday.
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F1 tycoon backed gold deal in at heart of money laundering trial
Mining News Pro - Formula One mogul Bernie Ecclestone put up millions of dollars to backstop a series of gold transactions that made “no commercial sense,” prosecutors said at a trial into one the U.K.’s biggest money laundering operations.
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