Environment & sustainability

Anglo American has delivered on its commitment to source 100% renewable energy for all its operations in Brazil, Chile, and Peru.

QMC Quantum Minerals Corp. has announced that it has received a 2021 work permit for its Irgon Lithium Mine Project.

NQ Minerals Plc has announced that haulage of gold bearing material from the Beaconsfield Wetlands environmental cleanup area to the Beaconsfield gold processing plant has now commenced.

Nouveau Monde Graphite has confirmed its commitment to achieving carbon neutrality by launching its climate action plan for a zero-carbon footprint.

PJSC MMC Norilsk Nickel has announced plans to gradually expand production at a modern refinery in Finland.

Akobo Minerals has engaged Sazani Associates to perform the company’s first ESG study, with the intention of developing a sustainable natural resource management plan within 6 months.

FLSmidth has confirmed that it has joined The Copper Mark as a Partner.

Armadale Capital has reported that the NEMC of Tanzania has granted approval of the company’s ESIA for the production of natural flake graphite at the Mahenge Graphite Project.

A year after the COVID-19 pandemic struck, Benedikt Sobotka, ERG, reflects on the lessons learnt about the role of the mining sector in shaping the global economic landscape post-pandemic.

ABB has called for more collaboration with OEMs to accelerate the transition to all-electric mines, as it signs an MOU with Hitachi Construction Machinery.

Rio Tinto has selected Heliogen’s solar technology to provide carbon-free energy to its borates mine in Boron, California.

Montana Governor and Barrick Gold Corp. President and CEO, Mark Bristow, have met at the closed Golden Sunlight mine in Jefferson County to discuss an innovative project that is expected to create jobs and remove a source of potential water pollution from the mine site.

Schlumberger New Energy has announced the development of a lithium extraction pilot plant in Nevada through its new venture, NeoLith Energy.

Johnson Matthey and Sibanye-Stillwater have formed a strategic partnership to identify and develop solutions to drive decarbonisation and the more efficient use of critical metals such as platinum group metals and metals used in battery technology.

Sierra Metals has received an Informe Tecnico Sustentatorio (ITS) environmental permit, which will help facilitate an increase in throughput at its Yauricocha Mine, Peru.