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Rio Tinto IOC Canada Recognized with Towards Sustainable Mining Environmental Excellence Award
May 15, 2024
Rio Tinto’s Iron Ore Company of Canada (IOC) has won the Towards Sustainable Mining (TSM) Environmental Excellence Award for its contributions to the abandoned site rehabilitation partnership, the Nitassinan Cleanup project. This collaborative initiative, undertaken in partnership with the First
North Star Manganese Advancing Its Emily Deposit After Massive Discovery, Minnesota
May 14, 2024
A recent discovery could bring a new kind of mining to cabin country. Geologists are reporting a massive discovery of manganese in the town of Emily. It isn’t a treasure hunt anymore — a team of geologists says they were
Anglo American Plans to Split Up Units After Rejecting $43 Billion BHP Second Bid
May 14, 2024
Anglo American said it plans to unload several assets as part of a turnaround effort after rejecting a sweetened takeover offer from rival BHP that valued the mining company at almost $43 billion. Anglo said Tuesday that it would spin
B.C. Halts New Jade Mining in Northwest, Five-year Transition for Existing Operations
May 14, 2024
The Province has established an immediate Environment and Land Use Act order prohibiting jade mining activities on new tenures in northwestern B.C. Current tenure holders listed in the order will be able to continue jade mining for five years with
U.S. Secretary Blinken Visits Guatemala, U.S. May Assist in Reopening of Fenix Nickel Mine
May 14, 2024
Fenix Nickel Co., the U.S. owner of Guatemalan nickel producers Compania Guatemalteca de Niquel (CGN) and Compania Procesadora de Niquel de Izabal, S.A. (PRONICO) said it is backing for the Solidarist Miners Association of El Estor (AMSE), which has urgently
MSHA Issues Safety Alert for Battery Fire Explosion Hazard
May 14, 2024
On 4/11/2024, a continuous personal dust monitor (CPDM) device was placed on top of a continuous mining machine and was struck by a rock (approximately 24-inch diameter and 10 inches thick) that fell approximately 6 feet. Immediately after impact, miners
Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Hold Hearing With EPA Administrator Michael Regan
May 14, 2024
The Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee held a hearing titled, “U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Proposed Fiscal Year 2025 Budget” with EPA Administrator Michael Regan. U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and
Forest Service Begins Public Scoping Period for South32’s Hermosa Mine Project, Arizona
May 13, 2024
The Hermosa Mine Project wants to help the nation achieve its decarbonization goals. The project, which hopes to source two federally recognized critical minerals: zinc and manganese, to meet the demand for batteries for electric vehicles, will come from the
Ivanhoe Electric, BHP Form Alliance to Explore Copper Exploration in Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah
May 13, 2024
Ivanhoe Electric has signed a definitive exploration alliance agreement with a subsidiary of BHP. The exploration alliance agreement sets out the framework for BHP and Ivanhoe Electric to explore mutually agreed areas of interest (AOIs) in the United States to
Idaho Board Remands Portion of Permit for Perpetua Resources’ Stibnite-Gold Project
May 13, 2024
The Idaho Board of Environmental Quality found that the agency it oversees issued an air quality permit for a proposed gold mine that significantly miscalculated allowable emission levels for arsenic-laden dust. The board, in a ruling issued last week, remanded
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