8+ hour, 35+ min ago  (535+ words) Potential US innovation in recycling electronic waste, combined with refining and processing, will allow the US to leapfrog China in critical minerals, an official at the Department of Energy said on Monday amid Washington's aggressive attempts to counter China's dominance…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago  (341+ words) JAKARTA" (Bloomberg): Four Chinese-run nickel plants in Indonesia have shut down temporarily after a deadly landslide last month at a waste area used by one of the facilities, a sign that companies are being forced to respond to greater official…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (218+ words) JAKARTA: Seven suspects believed to have been involved in illegal mining and smuggling of tin sand from Bangka Belitung Islands to Malaysia have been detained by the Indonesian National Police (Polri). Polri Director of Specific Crimes, Brig Gen Moh Irhamni,…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (133+ words) PETALING JAYA: Lynas Malaysia has secured a 10-year renewal of its operating licence. Lynas Rare Earths Ltd said the Malaysian Atomic Energy Department has confirmed that the company's operating licence for Lynas Malaysia has been renewed for a further 10 years,…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (362+ words) KUALA LUMPUR: Premises owners renting out properties should transfer electricity meter accounts to their tenants to avoid being implicated in power theft linked to illegal cryptocurrency mining, says Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof. The Deputy Prime Minister and Energy Transition and…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (212+ words) HARARE, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Friday said that his country is no longer satisfied with being a supplier of raw minerals and is seeking to boost local beneficiation and processing to accelerate industrialization and economic growth. Emphasizing…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (253+ words) CAPE TOWN, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- Five miners trapped underground at a diamond mine in South Africa's Northern Cape Province are now presumed dead, said Mineral and Petroleum Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe on Friday. The miners were trapped following a mud rush…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago  (153+ words) PETALING JAYA: Borneo Oil Bhd has announced that a gold mining tenement at Bukit Ibam, Pahang, jointly operated by its wholly-owned subsidiary Borneo Oil Corporation Sdn Bhd and HDL Global Sdn Bhd, has received approval to undertake gold mining operations....

1+ mon, 2+ day ago  (541+ words) MEXICO CITY, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Mexican authorities have recovered "10 bodies in the search for workers kidnapped last month from a mine run by Canada's Vizsla Silver Corp in "Mexico's northern state of Sinaloa, the country's attorney general's office said on Monday....

1+ mon, 3+ day ago  (315+ words) JAKARTA: A potential lawsuit over halted mining operations could expose the state to fiscal risks amounting to tens of trillions of rupiah, extending far beyond legal fees to include lost revenue and compensation claims. Josua Pardede, chief economist at Permata…...