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Teck Resources Ltd has announced an expansion to its climate action strategy, including a new short-term goal to achieve net-zero Scope 2 greenhouse gas emissions by 2025 and an ambition to achieve net-zero Scope 3 emissions by 2050.
EnviroGold Global Ltd has announced the execution of a binding, definitive agreement with Hellyer Gold Mines Pty Ltd to reprocess the tailings owned by HGM at the Hellyer Gold Mine, Tasmania, Australia.
Liontown Resources Ltd has entered into a legally binding sales and purchase term sheet with Tesla for the supply of spodumene concentrate.
The International Council on Mining and Metals has published training material based on the ICMM ‘Tailings Management: Good practice guide’, designed to improve awareness of the importance of integrated tailings management at the site level across sustainability disciplines.
Teck Resources Limited and MEDATech have announced the pilot of a fully electric on-highway transport truck to haul copper concentrate, marking the first use of a battery-electric truck to haul copper concentrate worldwide.
The US Department of Energy has awarded US$2.2 million of funding to a Rio Tinto-led team to explore carbon storage potential at the Tamarack nickel joint venture in central Minnesota.
The tailings reprocessing project at Barrick’s end-of-life Golden Sunlight Mine was officially opened in a ribbon-cutting ceremony attended by Montana Governor Gianforte, Barrick President and Chief Executive, Mark Bristow, representatives of the Montana federal congressional delegation and members of the community.
Codelco has announced that all its operations will participate in The Copper Mark programme, a system developed to ensure that copper production is done responsibly.
Total Eren and Chariot have announced the signing of a MOU to develop, finance, construct, own, operate, and maintain a solar photovoltaic project for a Tharisa mine in South Africa.
University of Leicester research has identified a new ‘Goldilocks Zone’ in the Earth’s crust which could provide metals vital to the green revolution.
Glencore and Managem have entered into a partnership to produce cobalt from recycled cobalt, nickel, and lithium at Managem’s CTT Hydrometallurgical Refinery.
Wärtsilä will supply a 7.8 MW/7.8 MWh energy storage system to a leading gold mining company to help achieve its climate targets and decarbonisation goals at a mine in Suriname.