China is the leader in extracting gold, zinc, lead, molybdenum, coal, tin, tungsten, rare earths, graphite, vanadium, antimony and phosphate, and holds second place in mine production of copper, silver, cobalt, bauxite and manganese.
Scientists at South Australia’s Flinders University are developing a series of experiments to extract minerals from ore using environmentally friendly microbes usually found on mine sites.
Trevali Mining (TSE: TV) jumped 5.1% on Tuesday after the company announced expansion of high-grade silver-lead-zinc mineralization at the Magistral North and Oyon Zones at its Santander zinc mine in Peru.
The global mining equipment market is expected to garner $156 billion by 2022, increasing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7.9% during 2016 – 2022