Environment & sustainability

An electric hydraulic shovel will be commissioned at OceanaGold’s Macraes Operation in early 2023.

Signal Gold Inc. has been advised by the Nova Scotia Minister of Environment and Climate Change that the Goldboro Gold Project has been approved.

Udokan Copper has outlined scenarios to cut the carbon intensity of its copper production up to 75% by 2035, bringing the company closer to its goal of climate neutrality.

CSN, Shell, and Itochu sign a Memorandum of Understanding for cooperation on decarbonisation.

Sud South is set to implement Minespider’s traceability platform to track copper and cobalt from artisanal and small scale mines in The Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Foran Mining has selected Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions to supply a fleet of 20 battery-electric vehicles for its McIlvenna Bay project in Saskatchewan, Canada.

Canada Nickel Company Inc. has announced the results of a laboratory test programme for a new method of accelerated carbon capture.

Robex Resources Inc. and Vivo Energy have announced the completion of the hybrid solar power plant at the Nampala gold mine in Mali.

Eurasian Resources Group has released its Clean Cobalt and Copper Performance Report 2022, which has been assured by independent auditors, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC).

EnviroGold Global Ltd has provided an update on the status of its Hellyer and Buchans Tailings reprocessing projects, and its global tailings reprocessing pipeline.

Perpetua Resources Corp. was recently joined by community members, government officials and local business leaders to mark the beginning of early clean-up activities and water quality improvements to benefit the historic Stibnite mining district.

Wuxi Boton will deliver the world's first carbon neutral conveyor belts to BHP’s Spence copper mine in Chile in August as part of an exclusive pilot project between the two companies.

Nexa Resources has announced that ramp-up activities at the Aripuanã world-class polymetallic mine have safely started and the demobilisation of the construction teams is underway.

Vulcan Energy Resources Ltd has entered into a binding collaboration agreement with Enel Green Power (EGP) to develop its Italian project.

Operators are increasingly looking to restart past producing mines with new technologies, improved ESG strategies, and better capital to take advantage of commodity price increases.