September 8, 2021

Uranium price hits highest level since 2015 as Sprott buys up physical supply

Sprott has amassed over 24 million pounds of uranium, sometimes buying more than 500,000 pounds in a single day.

September 8, 2021

enCore to acquire Azarga Uranium in all-stock merger

The combined company would hold multiple uranium projects at various stages of development.

September 7, 2021

Australia’s biggest silver mine in two decades taps solar boom

Silver Mines’s Bowdens project in New South Wales is set to start operations in 2023 and will have an initial output target of 6 million ounces a year.

September 6, 2021

Mexican miners warn of ‘major delays’ from environment, water rules

Delays are especially pronounced for getting the country's environment ministry Semarnat to approve environmental impact statements for mining projects.

September 6, 2021

Potential for increased electrification originates in the mining pit — FLSmidth CEO

With FLSmidth's acquisition of German engineering firm Thyssenkrupp’s mining business, a combination was born that will create a global mining technology provider.

September 3, 2021

Eskom CEO says carbon capture being considered in South Africa

Manufacturing renewable energy components would be part of a strategy to create about 300,000 jobs, he said.

August 30, 2021

The power of a uranium pellet

Using research from the U.S. Department of Energy, this graphic puts in perspective the efficiency of a single uranium pellet in comparison to fossil fuels.

August 30, 2021

Eskom considers $7.2 billion in wind and solar investment by 2030

Until now almost all of South Africa’s investment and planned investment in renewable energy has been by private companies.

August 28, 2021

‘Extremely dangerous’ hurricane Ida knocks out more oil than Katrina

US oil and gas companies on Friday cut more than 1.6 million barrels of oil production as a major storm churned toward oilfields that provide 17% of the nation’s oil…

August 26, 2021

In era of green mining, even a zero-carbon project won’t do

Aurubis AG, one of the world’s largest copper smelters, terminated a provisional agreement to buy raw materials from Nussir after opposition from local indigenous groups.