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DeepGreen closer to mining battery metals from the sea after $150m injection

The Canadian start-up has secured the bulk of the $150 million it needs to carry out its first feasibility studies on how to scoop up small metallic rocks containing cobalt, nickel and manganese from the seabed.

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De Beers, Namibia to spend $468m in world’s first custom-built diamond searching ship

New vessel is expected to add about 500,000 carat a year of production capacity to Debmarine Namibia, a 50/50 joint venture between De Beers and the African nation’s government.

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Rio Tinto and Caterpillar join forces to build intelligent mine in Western Australia

The Koodaideri mine will be receiving a supply of mining machines, and automation and enterprise technology systems.

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Top miners back autonomous systems guidelines

Document divides operations into six levels, from zero (entirely manual ) to five (fully autonomous), and assists in the preparation of a business case for autonomous mining, depending on level and needs.

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