Rendering: Rio Tinto Rio Tinto and the Western Australian Government have entered into a 50:50 joint venture to complete both Stage 1 and Stage 2 of the Dampier seawater desalination plant. Once fully operational, the plant will deliver 8 gigalitres of desalinated water per year to the West Pilbara Water Supply Scheme, reducing pressure on regional aquifers. The joint venture…
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Diablo Resources has secured strategic ground adjacent to the priority South Star prospect, increasing the size of its Star Range critical minerals (silver-antimony) project in southwestern Utah to 5,242 acres. Full story.
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Metso has received orders for the delivery of crushing and grinding plant equipment for Artemis Gold’s Blackwater Mine Expanded Phase 2 (EP2) development project in central British Columbia, Canada. Full story
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Colorado-based NioCorp, owner of the Elk Creek critical minerals project in southeastern Nebraska, has kicked off construction for the site’s main access to the mine’s underground portion. Full story.
Read MoreThe state of Andhra Pradesh in southeastern India is reportedly planning to open its mineral-rich coastline region to rare earth beach sand mining in a bid to reduce its reliance on Chinese imports. According to a report in one of the country’s news outlets the Daily Excelsior, state-run miner Andhra Pradesh Mineral Development Corporation (APMDC) identified numerous heavy mineral-bearing deposits…
Read MoreThe Ministry of Forestry in Indonesia has reportedly frozen some 80 mining environmental permits across the country as part of a compliance review. According to Indonesia Business Report, the agency is evaluating environmental compliance for about 1,358 coal and nickel extraction units across 14 provinces considered, as it said, to be environmentally critical. As of February 25, 250 units had…
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Ohio-headquartered Kodiak Chemical has signed a strategic joint venture with Blackrock Mining Solutions to serve the energy, mining, and primary metal sectors in Australia.
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After first announcing its plans last December, global equipment producer Sandvik has broken ground on its new mechanical cutting and parts and services facility in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. The campus, for which the Swedish-based OEM earmarked $51 million in 2025, will be 51,000 quare feet and bring manufacturing work previously performed in Europe over to the SK site. Sandvik president…
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The U.S. Bureau of Land Management in Nevada has approved an expansion to the existing Silver Peak lithium mine near Silver Peak, Esmeralda County. Full story.
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Glencore Coal Australia has confirmed the departure of its chief executive officer, Ian Cribb, who will retire of at the end of March. Cribb, a 50-year mining industry veteran, had worked with Glencore for more than three decades. Cribb, the company said, was a key contributor to the growth and success of Glencore’s Australian coal business, holding various senior management…
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