Plane carrying Rio Tinto workers crashes in Canada’s Northwest
Six people were killed after a small plane carrying global miner Rio Tinto’s workers crashed near Fort Smith in Canada’s remote Northwest Territories (NWT) on Tuesday, the NWT Coroner Service said on Wednesday.
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Plane carrying Rio Tinto workers crashes in Canada’s Northwest, six dead
A small plane carrying Rio Tinto (ASX, LON: RIO) workers crashed near Fort Smith in Canada’s remote Northwest Territories on Tuesday during a flight to its Diavik diamond mine, killing six people on board.
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How much mining is needed to save the planet?
Mining News Pro - At the same time, nations are racing to create robust recycling systems that can help feed used metal back into manufacturers’ hands, which will reduce — but not eliminate — the new demand for mining.
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Iron has been key for life on earth. What about on other planets?
Mining News Pro - Scientists at the University of Oxford have uncovered the likely mechanisms by which iron influenced the development of complex life forms, which can also be used to understand how likely advanced life forms might be on other planets.
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Moon dust: Greenland's recipe for saving Planet Earth
Mining News Pro - Among the glaciers and turquoise fjords of southwestern Greenland, a mining company is betting rock similar to the one the Apollo missions brought back from the moon can address some of Planet Earth's climate change problems.
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Gold bars fight Covid-19 kits for space on the plane
Mining News Pro - Swiss refiner Valcambi tried for five straight days last month to move a shipment of gold out of Hong Kong. Twice the metal was packed carefully onto a plane, only to be offloaded again.
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