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Ranchero Gold Appoints Brian Szeto as President

January 12, 2022

Ranchero Gold Corp. has appointed Brian Szeto as president, effective immediately. Brian Szeto is an accomplished mining executive with more than 20 years of experience in mining and finance gained from a series of progressively senior management roles with a

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Tesla Signs Deal for First U.S. Nickel Supply with Talon Metals

January 11, 2022

A junior mining company hoping to open an underground mine in Aitkin County has agreed to provide nickel to the largest electric car manufacturer. Talon Metals and Tesla on Monday said they had reached six-year agreement that Tesla would buy

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Economic Impact Study Expected Today for Piedmont Lithium’s Carolina Lithium Project, North Carolina

January 11, 2022

Tuesday, a UNC Charlotte business professor will present an economic impact study of the proposed lithium mining operation in Gaston County. Piedmont Lithium is working to get approval to build four different mines across 1,500 acres of land. Lithium extracted

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BHP Invests $50 Million in Development-ready Kabanga Nickel Mine, Tanzania

January 11, 2022

Australia-based BHP has announced an investment of $50 million in a development-ready nickel sulphide deposit in western Tanzania. The company will invest $40 million to speed up the development of the Kabanga Nickel project to produce battery-grade nickel, cobalt and

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Rio Tinto Orders Wabtec FLXdrive Battery Locomotives to Reduce Emissions

January 11, 2022

Wabtec Corporation and Rio Tinto announced today an order for four FLXdrive battery-electric locomotives to support sustainable operations of the mining company’s rail network in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. The 100 percent, battery-powered locomotive will help Rio Tinto’s

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BLM Reclaims Cottonwood Creek Bentonite Mine, Wyoming

January 11, 2022

A hazardous former bentonite mine in northwest Wyoming has been reclaimed to address safety concerns, the Bureau of Land Management announced recently. The Cottonwood Creek Bentonite Mine, which sits on public land three miles north of Cody, was abandoned in

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Fatality at Sunrise Coal’s Mine in Oaktown, Indiana

January 10, 2022

A coal miner died in an underground accident in southern Indiana, authorities said Saturday. The incident occurred late Friday at the Sunrise mine in Oaktown in Knox County, near the border with Illinois, Sullivan County Sheriff Clark Cottom said. No

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Fatality from Roof Collapse at Laurel Aggregates’ Lake Lynn Mine, Pennsylvania

January 10, 2022

Authorities say a worker has died after a roof collapse at a southwestern Pennsylvania mine. The state Department of Environmental Protection said a mine rescue safety team was dispatched after the collapse was reported Friday afternoon at Laurel Aggregates’ Lake

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Cypress Development Completes 7-Day Continuous Run at Its Lithium Extraction Pilot Plant, Nevada

January 10, 2022

Cypress Development Corp. has successfully completed a 7-day continuous run at the company’s pilot plant. During this period, the pilot plant operated at its designed feed rate of one ton per day of lithium claystone from the company’s Clayton Valley

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Mayor Romero Objects to Rosemont Mine Water Storage in Facility Owned Partially by City, Arizona

January 10, 2022

Mayor Regina Romero objected to a Central Arizona Project Board plan that will allow a mine to store water where the city stores its water. The plan allows Rosemont Mine to store water at the Pima Road Recharge Program, which

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