A view of Ukraine’s Zavalivskyi Graphite Plant, which specialises in the extraction of graphite ore and its processing for industry in Zavallya, Kirovohrad Oblast. Credit:
Barrick Gold’s tailings dam in Cotui, Dominican Republic. Credit: Josue Fiallo/Shutterstock. The risk of tailings failures is an increasing challenge for mining – with an
Primary and reinsurance broker Willis Towers Watson said in 2024 that the “mining sector and insurers are acutely aware of emerging risks and pressures”. Credit:
The July issue of MINE magazine is out now, with articles focusing on Latin America, critical minerals and developments in surface mining. Latin America, led
A heavy truck involved in surface mining, Erzberg, Austria. Credit: Viennaslide/Construction Photography/Avalon via Getty Images. Surface mining uses a variety of often highly specialised equipment
Anthony Albanese won the recent Australian election by a landslide, securing a clear parliamentary majority after a bigger-than-expected swing to the Labor Party. Credit: Wirestock
An industrial mine waste dam, or tailings dam, is typically an earth-fill embankment dam used to store byproducts of mining operations after separating the ore.
Comminution is the most energy-intensive stage of mineral processing. Credit: Causeway/Shutterstock As the mining sector faces growing pressure to extract critical minerals more sustainably, the
President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. CREDIT: Joshua Sukoff via Shutterstock. So near, yet so far. Just when we thought that an end to
In 2019, Saudi Arabia launched Vision 2030, a wide-reaching plan to diversify its economy away from fossil fuels. Credit: shaifulzamri via Getty Images. Saudi Arabia
