The need for a battery gold rush in US
US automakers are finally making bold commitments to electrify their fleets, but in the short-term, there may not be enough lithium-ion batteries to go around.
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Coal output from top 10 miners to increase by up to 6.6% in 2021 – report
This represents a recovery from last year's 4.2% decline in collective output.
High rates of vaccine hesitancy among mine employees in Mali – report
Data gathered in southern Mali by Critical Care International suggest very few of the population would accept a vaccine if offered today.
Value of top 50 mining companies surges $600 billion from covid lows
Despite gold's price slump, strong copper and iron ore prices lifted MINING.COM's ranking of the world's 50 most valuable miners to a new record high of $1.35 trillion.
Canada Nickel, Taykwa Tagamou Nation ink MOU
The agreement is for financing the mine fleet for the Crawford nickel cobalt sulphide project in Ontario.
Investors call on EPA, Congress for ban on development in Alaska’s Bristol Bay
50 investors representing $105 billion wrote about concerns of the social and environmental impacts of the Northern Dynasty's proposed Pebble mine.
GRAPH: Global metal and ore production at a glance
Critical metals and minerals are a tiny sliver of a sliver of global mining production.
Pre-consultation for Pan American Silver’s Escobal begins this month
The world’s third largest silver mine has been shut since July 2017 after Guatemala's Supreme Court provisionally ordered so following an appeal from environment and human rights organization CALAS.
Coal plant development in China offset global retreat
China commissioned 76% of the world’s new coal plants in 2020, up
from 64% in 2019.
Ontario First Nations declare moratorium on Ring of Fire development
The Attawapiskat, Fort Albany and Neskantaga First Nations
in the James Bay are calling on the government for a Regional Impact Assessment.
RANKED: World’s top 20 gold projects
The combined ounces in the ground for the top 20 projects is north of 900 million and at today's prices worth a mouth-watering $3.7 trillion.
