Rising raw material prices in the second half of 2020 have pushed the world's largest mining companies to take over smaller competitors....
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Six people were killed in an explosion at a coal mine in southwestern Pakistan
At least 8 people were at least 300 meters underground during the explosion, officials said....
Fire at ArcelorMittal coal mine in Kazakhstan: 348 people evacuated
On February 19, a commission inspection report was drawn up, which indicates numerous violations at the Saranskaya mine of the Department of...
Ukrmetallurgprom supported the leadership of Ukrzaliznytsia on the path of reforms
According to the association, last year, thanks to the efforts of Ukrzaliznytsia, Ukrainian enterprises of the mining and metallurgical complex were...
Ukraine is able to provide itself with its own gas until 2025 - the head of the State Geological Agency
The Head of the State Service of Geology and Subsoil of Ukraine announced new hydrocarbon auctions and the launch of large-scale projects....
Mining enterprises of Ukraine reduced the export of iron ore raw materials by 2%
Foreign exchange earnings of Ukrainian mining companies from the export of iron ore raw materials increased by 92.9% in the first two months of 2021...
The installation of a crushing and transfer station continues in the Ingulets GOK quarry
The implementation of the project will allow InGOK to receive additional volumes of high-grade ore in the long term, and to reduce operating and...
Port on the coast of Pilbara in Australia stops shipments of iron ore due to fire
Rio Tinto, solely operating the port of Dampir for transshipment of iron ore to China, has not yet commented on the impact of the fire on shipments....
China intends to tighten control over strategic mineral resources
Beijing rightly believes that China is too dependent on foreign supplies of iron ore, manganese and chromium to quickly move to green metallurgy....
Tesla will become a strategic partner of one of the largest nickel mines
New Caledonia's huge nickel reserves are critical to the local economy, and the Goro mine in the south of the island could become one of the...
China will cap annual coal production at 4.1 billion tons by the end of 2025
By 2025, 10 super-large coal enterprises will be established in China, each with an annual production of 100 million tons....
The Association of the Extractive Industries of Ukraine declared injustice in the bill
Subsoil users may incur additional financial costs that could be used to modernize equipment or fulfill the terms of the European "Green...
UN Secretary General has called coal mines a past, from which it is time to abandon
The head of the UN believes that the time has come to more decisively abandon coal as a source of electricity....
Australian schoolchildren file class action lawsuit in Melbourne court against coal company
According to teenagers, plans to expand coal production in New South Wales threaten their future, as they will contribute to climate change....
Ferrexpo has appointed a new member of the Board of Directors
The company intends to leverage Ms Ann-Christine's experience in implementing a culture of safety, automation and digital transformation....
Alisher Usmanov's USM Group will invest 40 billion rubles in a new HBI plant
The plant with a capacity of 2 million tons per year will be located in Zheleznogorsk, where the Mikhailovsky GOK of Metalloinvest, part of the USM...
European officials urge World Bank to stop fossil fuel investment
In Exclusive material by Reuters, it is reported that the World Bank will no longer finance projects for the extraction and processing of oil, gas...
A plot with copper deposits in the Volyn region of Ukraine has risen in price at auction 483 times
E-auctions for the sale of special permits for the use of subsoil were held. Among the proposals were areas with deposits of groundwater, liparite,...
Indonesian gold mine collapse kills 3 people, 5 missing
Illegal or informal mining operations are common in Indonesia, providing a meager livelihood for those working in environments with a high risk of...
Metinvest invested UAH 2.6 billion in environmental projects of Ingulets GOK
Thanks to investments, it was possible to reduce air emissions by 5.8%...
South African authorities recognize mineral resource management as a constraint
The system has accumulated 5,326 applications for permits and rights for exploration and production of minerals, concessions and renewals, which...
PolyMet wins Minnesota court ruling on $ 1 billion mine
PolyMet is the mining company that owns 100% of the NorthMet project, the first large-scale project permitted in the Duluth complex in northeastern...
Most of the metals and minerals of Iran are mined in Eastern Azerbaijan
Mineral resources of East Azerbaijan amount to 8.5 billion tons, said the chairman of the regional Organization for Industry, Mining and Trade....
In Ukraine, more deposits of metals and minerals have already been put up for sale than in the entire 2020
The State Service of Geology and Mineral Resources of Ukraine has announced the seventh auction this year. The total initial cost of 13 lots is over...
Director of the Norilsk Concentration Plant detained in connection with the death of workers
The criminal case is being investigated under part 3 of article 216 of the Criminal Code - on violations during construction work that led to the...
28 officials prosecuted for explosion at gold mine in East China
The accident resulted in direct economic losses of over 68 million yuan (about US $ 10.5 million)....
Global iron ore production growth to outstrip cumulative production in India and Russia - Fitch
Fitch forecasts global iron ore production to grow at an average 2.4% in 2021-2025. compared with a negative 2% in the previous five years....