Tag: mining

21 APR

Apple wants to stop mining and start making everything from recycled materials

Enlarge / In the future, parts from old iPhones could be used to build new ones. (credit: Andrew Cunningham) Today Apple released its Environmental Responsibility Report (PDF) for the 2016 fiscal year, detailing the progress of the company’s environmental initiatives and laying out some of its goals for the future. Apple remains committed to reducing its […]

20 APR

Apple will stop relying on mining for minerals ‘one day’

Apple is taking steps to end its reliance on mining for the materials that it uses in its devices, becoming the first big tech company to commit to using only recycled metals, rare earths, and other minerals. The company outlined its aim to stop digging up new resources in its latest Environmental Responsibility Report (PDF), […]

05 APR

Things have changed drastically for energy and mining in one of Southeast Asia’s most important markets

Wikimedia Commons It isn’t being detailed in the Western press — but things have changed drastically for energy and mining in one of Southeast Asia’s most important markets. Thailand. The most visible shifts in Thai natural resources have come in oil and gas. With the country’s energy minister General Anantaporn Kanjanarat setting a timeline Friday […]

02 MAR

One chart shows the death of the gold mining industry in South Africa

AngloGold Ashanti Further to the second-last item above, the death of South African gold mining has been one of the biggest stories you never read about. Investors in the gold space today talk about “go-to” project destinations like Australia, U.S. states like Nevada, and Canada — those being the second, fourth and fifth largest producing […]