The Latest Breaking News from Mining

Peru protests snarl supply routes to key mines, industry body says

A wave of political protests in Peru related to the ouster of former leader Pedro Castillo is affecting supply routes to key copper mines in the Andean nation, the world's no. 2 producer of the red metal, raising a potential risk to production.

Reuters · Dec 14, 2022

Lessons from Germany to help solve the U.S. medical debt crisis

What would a world without medical debt look like? In Germany's former coal-mining region medical debt is almost unknown, despite economic challenges and health problems. Here's why.

WEKU · Dec 14, 2022

Govt calls on firms to log sodium cyanide stocks

The Department of Industrial Works (DIW) has told at least 141 companies to register their stock of poisonous sodium cyanide, widely used in mining and as a pesticide, by Thursday.

Bangkok Post · Dec 14, 2022

Ghana had a bad time in 2022 – 4 reads to catch up on what happened

Ghana, a country with a good reputation for democracy, human rights, governance and economic growth in Africa, endured a difficult 2022.

The Conversation · Dec 12, 2022

Industrial production contracts 4% in October, at 26-month low

NEW DELHI: India's industrial production contracted by 4 per cent in October, the sharpest fall in 26 months, mainly due to decline in output of manufacturing and subdued performance of mining and power generation sectors, according to official data released on Monday.

The Times of India · Dec 12, 2022

Exclusive: Behind Biden's overseas mining funding

EVs need lots of minerals. Biden is trying to deal with that.

Axios · Dec 12, 2022

Can Cop15 protect ocean biodiversity from the big fish of the ‘blue economy’?

The sea has been ravaged by profiteers – many of whose lobbyists are circling in Montreal, says the author Guy Standing

The Guardian - UK · Dec 12, 2022

The robot that hunts for rare metals on the seabed (carefully)

The fridge-sized robot uses AI vision and a robotic arm to “harvest” metals that are desperately needed for EV batteries

Evening Standard · Dec 12, 2022

Revealed: Brazil goldminers carve illegal ‘Road to Chaos’ out of Amazon reserve

Aerial photos from reconnaissance mission reveal effort to smuggle excavators into Brazil’s largest Indigenous territory

The Guardian - US · Dec 12, 2022

Caterpillar Successfully Completes Massive Electric Mining Truck Test

No specs have been revealed yet, but it’s at least as good as the 85-liter diesel version of the same truck, which has 2,500 horsepower.

InsideEVs · Dec 10, 2022