Copper scarcity may emerge as a key destabilizing threat to international security in the 21st Century an analysis by S&P Global found this week. “Projected annual shortfalls will place unprecedented…
Analysts at S&P Global Market Intelligence have pointed the finger at a worsening global economic outlook and softer metals prices for dragging down global mining activity in the three months…
Global mining personality and financier Robert Friedland has singled out Africa and the Arabian Shield as the venues where the world’s future-facing minerals and metals will be responsibly produced. “This…
Recruiting geologists and engineers for a project can be a tricky business. For all sorts of reasons, someone who comes across well in an interview can be an absolute antisocial…
Saudi Arabia is one of the world’s oil powerhouses, boasting the second-largest proven reserve of the slick stuff. Still, as the inaugural Future Minerals Forum recently held in Riyadh heard,…
A mining conference without alcohol, and at which many delegates left when Mark Bristow and Robert Friedland took to the stage. You wouldn’t think such an event was likely to…
Mining in the United States has played a significant role in the country’s development. The Northern Miner presents its annual top-ten list of the largest U.S.-based mining companies ranked by market capitalization,…
Researchers at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, a private research university in Saudi Arabia, have developed what they believe is an economically viable system to extract high-purity lithium…
Permitting is a necessary evil in the mining business; drill pads, roads, trenching, water extraction — some countries require permits for literally every step of the exploration process, and to…
MINING.COM’s ranking of the world’s 50 largest mining companies based on market value shows an industry recovering from its Covid-19 slump and moving into positive territory for the fourth quarter…
Egypt-focused gold miner Centamin (TSX: CEE; LON: CEY) has announced that its total output targets for 2020 will be affected by safety-related delays at its flagship Sukari mine in Egypt….
A new set of guidelines has been released called the Global Industry Standard on Tailings Management to help strengthen mining practices, with the goal of zero harm to people and…
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