The world’s iron ore powerhouse is preparing to reinvent itself
Mining News Pro - Vast heaps of crushed brown rock hem the Indian Ocean at Western Australia’s Parker Point port — each a stockpile of 200,000 tons of iron ore, ready to be poured into a procession of bulk carriers bound for Asia’s steel mills.
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Self-healing metal? It’s not just the stuff of science fiction
Mining News Pro - In the 1991 film “Terminator 2: Judgment Day,” a malevolent time-traveling and shape-shifting android called T-1000 that was made of liquid metal demonstrated a unique quality. Hit with blasts or bullets, its metal would heal itself.
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China’s limits on chip metals self-defeating
Mining News Pro - China will only harm itself with planned restrictions on the export of two metals used in the semiconductor, telecommunications and electric-vehicle industries, White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said.
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Metals traders ‘self sanction’ key Russian palladium, disrupting markets
Mining News Pro - A reluctance by precious-metals traders to handle Russian-produced palladium is creating an unusual and persistent dislocation between the world’s two main markets.
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Sulfur, selenium self-healing insulator proves highly effective on steel
Mining News Pro - Researchers at Rice University and the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology have developed a sulfur and selenium insulator that works as a surprisingly effective anticorrosive coating for steel.
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Iluka setting up WA for self-sufficient rare earths
Mining News Pro - Iluka Resources has continued to develop its Western Australian mineral sands operations, after Eneabba began phase two construction and Capel rebounded from a suspension in the first half of 2021.
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Self-generation threshold must be increased
Mining News Pro - Minerals Council South Africa, Business Unity South Africa (Busa) and individual mining companies have applauded the support that Eskom CEO Andre de Ruyter has given to the lifting of the licensing exemption threshold for electricity generation to 50 MW.
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Brazilian miners to tighten up tailings self-regulations
Mining News Pro - Brazilian mining regulator ANM announced that it will hold a public hearing on new guidelines to tighten safety rules and inspections of mining dams.
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Glencore tests market for self-generation solutions at chrome, vanadium operations
Mining News Pro - Mining group Glencore has issued a pre-qualifying tender for companies interested in supplying ‘alternative green’ electricity and storage solutions to its chrome and vanadium operations in South Africa.
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Caterpillar bets on self-driving machines impervious to pandemics
Mining News Pro - Question: How can a company like Caterpillar try to counter a slump in sales of bulldozers and trucks during a pandemic that has made every human a potential disease vector?
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Northern Dynasty calls JCap report ‘fatuous, flimsy and self-serving’
Mining News Pro - Northern Dynasty has responded to a report issued this week by short seller J Capital Research, calling it “fatuous, flimsy and fundamentally self-serving,” as well as “typical of such efforts to profit by destroying the value of honest shareholders’ investments.”
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Northern Star to resume Pogo’s normal operations as staff self-isolate
Mining News Pro - A Northern Star Resources employee at the Pogo mine in Alaska has tested positive to coronavirus while on rostered leave.
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Lithium-ion batteries could become self-healing
Mining News Pro - Engineers at the University of Illinois have developed an electrolyte that could help manufacturers produce recyclable, self-healing commercial batteries.
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Zambia pricing itself out of global mining market -industry body
Mining News Pro - Zambia is pricing itself out of the global mining market with proposed tax increases, the head of the local mining body said on Thursday, a further warning to investors rattled by the government`s efforts to squeeze more money from the sector.
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Rio CEO says mining industry has to reinvent itself
Mining News Pro -Diversified miner Rio Tinto has called for a reinvention of the resources industry, in order to fit into a modern world.
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