Ensuring Environmental Safeguards

NewRange Copper Nickel, which controls one of the world’s largest undeveloped deposits of copper and nickel, recently announced a forward-looking study encompassing four key areas of its NorthMet project to explore opportunities to enhance environmental safeguards and mining performance. The four key... Read More

Copper for National Defense

Copper is in high demand, including for defense purposes. The war in Ukraine is sharply increasing demand, using millions of copper-containing shells. “Every day, the war consumes many tonnes of copper – at the end of the war there will be a new mine in Ukraine with all that copper scrap,” a producer... Read More

NIOSH Awards for Safety

Each year, NIOSH recognizes winners of its Mine Safety and Health Technology Awards for enhancing mine safety through technology and innovation. In Las Vegas, Nev., three awards were given this year for the coal and metal sectors. Freeport-McMoRan received the 2024 NIOSH Mine Safety and Health Technology... Read More

Coal Powers the U.S.

Coal provides reliable, baseload energy that can be depended on no matter what the weather, and stored on site. That’s why it is important to keep coal as part of our domestic energy mix – to keep the electricity on when it’s needed most. Moreover, domestic sources of coal are abundant here in the U.S.,... Read More