mineracão

Mining

China confirms the existence of a never-before-seen mineral, found in a deposit with a concentration 80 times above the global standard, which promises to reshape the battery industry and the global competition for strategic minerals.

Noel Budeguer 07/06/2026 at 13:08

Science and Technology

Red mud mountain in Louisiana could become a strategic U.S. mine: a $67 million project aims to extract up to 1,000 tons of rare earths per year from industrial waste and strengthen its national critical minerals supply chain.

Carla Teles 04/06/2026 at 19:05

Courses

Vale joins Senai and will pay R$ 2,225 for you to take a course in mining, logistics, and maintenance with a CLT contract, corporate benefits, practical training in the company’s operations, and free technical training for 18 months.

Alisson Ficher 02/06/2026 at 19:05

Job Openings

Work at Vale: mining company opens positions in roles such as industrial maintenance, equipment operation, and technical inspection in a new selection process with 206 opportunities, competitive benefits, and strengthening in the areas of mining, automation, and operational safety in Brazil.

Alisson Ficher 02/06/2026 at 11:26

Interesting facts

22-carat gold may be hidden in household items treated as scrap, while Swiss scientists use whey to recover the precious metal and pave the way for new sustainable urban mining.

Carla Teles 29/05/2026 at 22:11

Science and Technology

Deep-sea mining left a scar for over 40 years in the Pacific, study reveals an ecosystem that has not yet fully recovered and raises a global alert before companies attempt to advance in the extraction of copper and cobalt for batteries in deep waters.

Carla Teles 28/05/2026 at 22:38

Science and Technology

Forget the common mining dust: BHP combines 150,000 native plants, windbreak curtains, and real-time monitoring to reduce particles in Port Hedland, where iron ore stockpiles face strong winds and even cyclone-ready systems during port operations.

Carla Teles 25/05/2026 at 14:59

Interesting facts

Deposit with gold, copper, and silver discovered at just 108 meters deep in Argentina; the area is less than 3 km from the largest copper discovery of the last 30 years and is already attracting billion-dollar investment.

Alisson Ficher 21/05/2026 at 21:18

Mining

Gold, silver, and copper appear near the surface at Filo Sur, making mining companies look at San Juan as a new treasure map in the Andes.

Viviane Alves 20/05/2026 at 15:26

Agribusiness

BHP bets on a potash mine in Canada with phase 1 costing $8.4 billion, production expected by 2027, and a plan to reach 8.5 million tons per year; the project in Saskatchewan targets fertilizers and could become one of the largest mines in the world.

Carla Teles 19/05/2026 at 22:42

Mining

BNDES targets R$ 50 billion in credit and investment for critical minerals and is already analyzing 56 projects that could open a new front of operations at the bank.

Fabio Lucas Carvalho 16/05/2026 at 15:27

Uncategorized

Chile blocks billion-dollar mining megaproject near Humboldt penguin colony, halts iron and copper mine and turns endangered birds into an environmental symbol

Flavia Marinho 11/05/2026 at 17:34

China confirms the existence of a never-before-seen mineral, found in a deposit with a concentration 80 times above the global standard, which promises to reshape the battery industry and the global competition for strategic minerals.

Red mud mountain in Louisiana could become a strategic U.S. mine: a $67 million project aims to extract up to 1,000 tons of rare earths per year from industrial waste and strengthen its national critical minerals supply chain.

Vale joins Senai and will pay R$ 2,225 for you to take a course in mining, logistics, and maintenance with a CLT contract, corporate benefits, practical training in the company’s operations, and free technical training for 18 months.

Work at Vale: mining company opens positions in roles such as industrial maintenance, equipment operation, and technical inspection in a new selection process with 206 opportunities, competitive benefits, and strengthening in the areas of mining, automation, and operational safety in Brazil.

22-carat gold may be hidden in household items treated as scrap, while Swiss scientists use whey to recover the precious metal and pave the way for new sustainable urban mining.

Deep-sea mining left a scar for over 40 years in the Pacific, study reveals an ecosystem that has not yet fully recovered and raises a global alert before companies attempt to advance in the extraction of copper and cobalt for batteries in deep waters.

Forget the common mining dust: BHP combines 150,000 native plants, windbreak curtains, and real-time monitoring to reduce particles in Port Hedland, where iron ore stockpiles face strong winds and even cyclone-ready systems during port operations.

Deposit with gold, copper, and silver discovered at just 108 meters deep in Argentina; the area is less than 3 km from the largest copper discovery of the last 30 years and is already attracting billion-dollar investment.

Gold, silver, and copper appear near the surface at Filo Sur, making mining companies look at San Juan as a new treasure map in the Andes.

BHP bets on a potash mine in Canada with phase 1 costing $8.4 billion, production expected by 2027, and a plan to reach 8.5 million tons per year; the project in Saskatchewan targets fertilizers and could become one of the largest mines in the world.

BNDES targets R$ 50 billion in credit and investment for critical minerals and is already analyzing 56 projects that could open a new front of operations at the bank.

Chile blocks billion-dollar mining megaproject near Humboldt penguin colony, halts iron and copper mine and turns endangered birds into an environmental symbol

Mother and daughter build a 70 m² house with more than 8,000 discarded glass bottles and impress with their creativity; known as the Casa de Sal, the property is located on Itamaracá Island, in Pernambuco.

The river that “dies” in the desert never reaches the sea and yet gives life to one of Africa’s largest natural refuges in a truly impressive way.

He transformed an abandoned plastic water tank into an underground house in the “hobbit hole” style, using only repurposed pallet wood, without heavy machinery or expensive labor.

Libya built over 4,000 kilometers of underground pipelines to bring water from the Sahara to coastal cities in a project that the government itself called the Eighth Wonder of the World.

Desert sand, previously discarded for being too smooth for concrete, becomes an ecological brick in the United Arab Emirates, dispensing with Portland cement, curing at room temperature, and attempting to transform dunes useless for construction into raw material for a new arid engineering.

Toyota launches “family hybrid van” with 7 or 8 seats, 1.8 hybrid engine, fuel consumption of up to 23.8 km/l, and a price equivalent to about R$ 104,000 without taxes, below the Tiggo 8 Pro Plug-in Hybrid sold in Brazil: meet the Noah Hybrid 2026 in Japan.

China transforms desert-devastated area into the world’s largest artificial forest, planting trees for 60 years, blocking sand that reached Beijing, and creating a “green lung” of 92,000 hectares in a region once considered lost.