Top Mining News this week: Rio Tinto, First Nations unveil tunnel boring machine

The Latest Top Mining News Web version | Manage preferences and frequency Keep up to speed with the most read articles from the past week below. Login now to access these features, or subscribe here from £27 to receive immediate access. Top 5 Most Read of The Week Rio Tinto, First Nations unveil tunnel boring machine As part of a wider goal of maintaining a smaller carbon footprint, Rio Tinto Aluminium, together with the Cheslatta Carrier and Haisla First Nations, has introduced the tl'ughus tunnel boring machine, calling it key in the completion of the Kemano second tunnel project in British Columbia, Canada Read more >> Jacobs sells ECR business to WorleyParsons Jacobs Engineering Group, in a bid to put more focus on its key businesses, has sold its energy, chemicals and resources (ECR) division to WorleyParsons for US$3.3 billion Read more >> Iamgold buys into blockchain Joining partners including Sprott, Valcambi and Yamana Gold, Canadian miner Iamgold has invested in the blockchain gold system of Emergent Technology Holdings (EmTech) that tracks the origins of responsibly sourced gold Read more >> Voisey's Bay blasts off Cobalt 27 has gotten word from Vale about the first blast at the Voisey's Bay mine expansion in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, officially putting the operation's transition to underground mining into motion Read more >> Cat releases bits for challenging blasthole drilling Caterpillar's new line of tricone drill bits is designed specifically for tough rotary blasthole applications, but is also cost-effective for a wider range of drilling requirements Read more >> Latest Online Exclusive Content Changing perceptions through greener mining Mining's chequered environmental track record can't be erased and changing the industry's reputation in the eyes of the public will take deliberate effort. CIM's (Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum) Janice Zinck believes impartial, technical institutes and organisations can play a role in better communicating best practices Find out more LOGIN Aspermont Media Ltd WeWork 1 Poultry London, EC2R 8EJ Phone: +44 207 216 6060   subscriptions@aspermontmedia.com www.aspermont.com Manage your email preferences | Unsubscribe | Privacy Policy To opt out of future communications click here

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