In 2023, tensions escalated in Las Naves, Ecuador, where farmers clashed with police during protests against a new environmental consultation process and the upcoming launch of a large-scale open-pit ...

A recent study showcases a robotic system for blast hole inspection, utilizing advanced perception and navigation to automate a critical task in open-pit mining.

First Mining Gold (TSX: FF; US-OTCQX: FFMGF) announced positive results from an updated pre-feasibility study for its ...

A strip ratio, or stripping ratio, is an important measurement related to the open-pit mining process. Put simply, the stripping ratio is the amount of waste material, also known as overburden, that ...

Mako Mining operates the San Albino Mine in Nicaragua, one of the highest-grade open-pit mines in the world. More precisely, milled grade in Q1 '25 averaged 7.1 g/t. Free cash flows from San Albino ...

China's Huaneng Group has deployed the world's first fleet of driverless mining trucks. 100 trucks can autonomously load and unload coal. The project kicked off at the Huaneng Yimin open-pit mine in ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Evidence abounds across Montana of the ruinous environmental legacy of cyanide-based open-pit ...

In a statement, First Mining CEO Dan Wilton said Springpole has the potential to be “one of the largest economic drivers in ...