July 12, 2022

CSIRO contracted to plan environmental monitoring for deep-sea nodule collection

Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific Industrial Research Organisation to create a framework for the development of an ecosystem-based management and monitoring plan.

July 11, 2022

Brazilian jeweler sets out on a mission to promote ethical mining

In 2020, Ara Vartanian launched an initiative to highlight Brazilian mines that invest in their communities and produce stones that can be traced back to the source.

July 11, 2022

CBHA presents 140-year history of Canadian mining

Panel of experts led by former CMJ editor Jane Werniuk takes us through some of the key historical events.

July 10, 2022

Gold-uranium mine in South Africa sheds new light on life’s power generators below earth’s surface

For the first time, there is an insight into how energy is stored deep in the earth’s subsurface.

July 8, 2022

UN Women, Teck Resources provide Indigeous training in Chile through Originarias Program

$3.8 million investment supports women and families in Northern Chile where Teck is building its QB2 project.

July 7, 2022

Researchers develop new drilling fluid technology advancing mineral exploration

Research team at the Western Australian School of Mines: Minerals, Energy and Chemical developed the new technology as part of research toward automating fluid monitoring and handling in the drilling…

July 7, 2022

New 3D geological model expected to help guide exploration of rare earth elements

The model targets alkaline igneous systems, which host many of the world's REE deposits.

July 6, 2022

Researchers call for science-based policies given impacts of mining on salmon, trout

Scientists comprehensively link, for the first time, mining policy to the current understanding of watershed ecology and salmonid biology.

July 5, 2022

The Metals Company reigniting race to mine the ocean floor

British Columbia firm looks to unleash a new era of resource extraction, raising questions over how to protect deep-sea ecosystems we know little about.

July 5, 2022

Earth’s mineral diversity 75% greater than previously thought

Two papers published in American Mineralogist and sponsored in part by NASA help reconstruct the history of life on earth and guide the search for new minerals and ore deposits.