Latest Industry News

Indonesia says it will ask Freeport-McMoRan to build a copper smelter

June 5, 2020

Research team creates map to help target resources on the moon

June 4, 2020

Mining remains a bright spot in M&A gloom

June 3, 2020

United States will look to expand strategic minerals initiative

June 3, 2020

EPA rule will limit states' power to deny permits for energy projects

June 2, 2020

Newmont publishes 2019 Sustainability Report

June 1, 2020

The mining mission of the future

June 1, 2020

No delay from EPA for Alaska's controversial Pebble Mine

May 29, 2020

Barrick offers PNG landowners a stake to resolve Porgera mine dispute

May 29, 2020

US House bill to boost domestic strategic minerals mining

May 28, 2020

Court rules that Oakland cannot ban coal shipments

May 28, 2020

Mining production to drop by 15 percent in Peru this year

May 28, 2020

Rio Tinto discovers process to recover scandium from waste material

May 27, 2020

USA Rare Earth completes Phase I separation and processing test work

May 27, 2020

Lithium demand slows as COVID-19 halts electric vehicle production

May 27, 2020

Zambia to amend mining rules to treat gold as strategic asset

May 26, 2020

Make your voice heard by authoring a paper

June 2, 2020

Gold production in Australia on path to record exploration

May 26, 2020

Pebble Project passes key milestone

May 26, 2020

Reports say Pentagon has halted rare earths funding program

May 22, 2020

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