Mining mergers are back in style. Rio Tinto, the industry’s fourth-most valuable company, has confirmed it is in talks to acquire Glencore, a Swiss competitor, and thus create the world’s biggest ...

Endolith has reported a major advance in copper extraction as it pushes the frontiers of microbial science. In collaboration with BHP’s (ASX:BHP,NYSE:BHP,LSE:BHP) innovation arm, Think & Act ...

Barrick Gold has chosen to use end-to-end mining solutions company Metso’s Concorde Cell flotation technology.

From a viewpoint at about 6,190 feet above sea level, a giant hole in the Oquirrh Mountains stretches two and a half miles wide and ¾ of a mile deep. Trucks with tires bigger than a sedan look like ...

Copper demand is expected to grow by 70% by 2050, with renewable energy, EVs, and digital infrastructure (like data centers and AI) being key drivers. Ageing mines, declining ore grades, and long ...

Progress in 2025 included awarding FEED contracts to DRA Americas, boosting copper recoveries to about 87.6% using ultrafine ...

Discover how PGNAA is transforming materials analysis in mining, cement, and steel. Get expert insights from Thermo Fisher’s ...

The head of a Chilean mining company that wants to open a copper-nickel mine on the edge of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness says a new import tax on copper could help the project.

The Carajás mining district in the Brazilian Amazon is home to the world’s largest known reserves of high-grade iron ore, and also holds other major deposits of commercially valuable minerals. Since ...