Chile-focused Antofagasta (LON: ANTO) will become the first mining company to use a hydrogen-powered locomotive in South America, as part of the copper producer’s efforts to develop alternatives to fossil fuels, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and make mining more sustainable.

Mining magnate Robert Friedland is said to be planning to list his privately owned iron ore company, Ivanhoe Atlantic, on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) next year.

China has reduced its exposure to the US economy since Donald Trump’s first administration, leaving it better placed to weather the punitive trade tariffs being pledged by the president-elect, according to Robert Friedland, the founder of Ivanhoe Mines Ltd.

Ausgold has made a number of changes to its leadership team as it takes steps to bring its Katanning gold project in Western Australia online.

Zimbabwe said it won’t grant further tax relief to mining houses from next January in a bid to force them to complete plants to process raw materials.

Spartan Resources has intersected gold within broad mineralised zones close to the Pepper prospect, which is part of its flagship Dalgaranga gold project in Western Australia.

Hecla Mining on Monday named Rob Krcmarov as its chief executive officer, effective Nov. 7, replacing Catherine Boggs. The company produces more than 45% of all silver in the United States, and has mines in Alaska, Idaho, Quebec, Canada and Yukon Territory, Canada. Krcmarov will succeed Hecla’s interim CEO Boggs, and previously served on the...

IGO has announced an updated budget and timeline for its chemical grade plant 3 (CGP3) project underway at the Greenbushes lithium mine in Western Australia. The CGP3 project, aimed at bolstering Greenbushes’ lithium production capacity, has faced rising costs due to industry-wide inflation, design changes and some project delays. Following a thorough review, the total...

Newmont has commissioned its first battery-electric large mining truck at the Cripple Creek and Victor gold mine in Colorado, US. The deployment of the Caterpillar (Cat) truck, dubbed the Early Learner Cat 793 XE, has been made possible through Newmont’s partnership with Cat. “The arrival of the Early Learner Cat 793 XE underscores our ongoing...

Glencore has maintained its 2024 production guidance during the September quarter while delivering an increase in steelmaking coal volumes. The company’s steelmaking coal volumes increased to 11.1 million tonnes (Mt), a substantial 113 per cent increase from the same period in 2023. The uptake was credited by Glencore chief executive officer Gary Nagle to the...