McEwen says Gold Bar will make first pour this month
Construction of the Gold Bar mine near Eureka, Nevada is on time and on budget. Owner McEwen Mining of Toronto ...
Megafactories buildout could up nickel demand in batteries 19 fold—Benchmark
Simon Moores, managing director, Benchmark Mineral Intelligence. Image from LinkedIn It was encouraging for miners when Simon Moores, managing director, ...
Volcanic growth 'critical' to the formation of Panama
Scientists put forward new explanation as to how land bridge formed between North and South America. Source: Science Daily
Earthquake with magnitude 7.5 in Indonesia: An unusual and steady speed
Earthquakes happen when rocks on either side of a tectonic fault shift suddenly in opposite directions. Two main seismic waves ...
MERMAIDs reveal secrets from below the ocean floor
Floating seismometers dubbed MERMAIDs -- Mobile Earthquake Recording in Marine Areas by Independent Divers -- reveal that Galápagos volcanoes are ...
Novel hypothesis goes underground to predict future of Greenland ice sheet
The Greenland ice sheet melted a little more easily in the past than it does today because of geological changes, ...
How predatory plankton created modern ecosystems after 'Snowball Earth'
Around 635 to 720 million years ago, Earth was twice almost completely covered by ice. The question of how life ...
Rio Tinto on the lookout for BC porphyry deposit
British Columbia is known for its coal and copper-gold deposits, with a storied history of mining all three commodities. Now ...
Global energy transition powers surge in demand for metals
By 2030, the amount of installed wind power globally will more than double, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). Installed solar ...
Yorbeau resumes drilling at Scott project
Montreal’s Yorbeau Resources has resumed diamond drilling at its Scott copper-zinc property between the towns of Chibougamau and Chapais. The goal is ...