December 19, 2024

Peninsula Energy restarts uranium production at Lance project in Wyoming

Peninsula is anticipating 600,000 lb. of U3O8 production at Lance during the 2025 ramp-up year.

December 19, 2024

Codelco to deploy lower carbon explosives in copper mine

The new explosives are expected to cause a significant reduction in emissions at the Radomiro Tomic mine.

December 18, 2024

Canada clears Paladin’s $789 million Fission Uranium takeover

The deal is expected to be completed by early January 2025.

December 18, 2024

PetroChina to start metals trading, eyeing energy transition

In addition to lithium and copper, the new PetroChina unit may also look to trade nickel.

December 18, 2024

Coal demand to keep hitting records through 2027, IEA says

The latest forecast from the IEA sees demand for coal rising to nearly 8.9 billion tons by 2027, about 1% higher than 2024 levels.

December 18, 2024

Idemitsu to take majority stake in Australian vanadium developer Vecco

Vecco is developing the Debella project in Queensland, focusing on a vanadium mine and an electrolyte plant for vanadium flow batteries.

December 17, 2024

Oak Ridge National Laboratory tests new methods of turning coal into graphite

A preliminary techno-economic analysis has found that the new process could be less expensive than conventional methods of making graphite.

December 17, 2024

Uranium spot prices to climb in ‘staircase’ pattern, Sprott forecasts

Uranium has been buoyed by growing global support for nuclear energy, with more countries pledging to triple nuclear capacity by 2050.

December 17, 2024

Column: Critical metals will be a key battleground in US-China trade war

It's clear that critical minerals will be China's weapon of choice in its escalating trade war with the United States.

December 17, 2024

Saudi Arabia has extracted lithium from oilfield runoffs, vice minister says

The country plans to launch a commercial pilot program for direct extraction soon.