January 9, 2024

India’s plans to double coal production ignore climate threat

India's coal production is expected to reach 1.5 billion tons by 2030.

January 9, 2024

Battery metal price plunge is closing mines and stalling deals

Junior producers have been particularly hard hit.

January 9, 2024

New material efficiently extracts uranium from seawater

Using electrochemical extraction, a new material attracts hard-to-get uranium ions from seawater more efficiently than existing methods.

January 8, 2024

2023 commodities report: winners and losers in the global market

Commodities as a whole had a challenging year, with the group finishing down 12.55% due to a number of factors.

January 8, 2024

Nature emits mercury but not as much as humans do – study

Recent estimates show that mining and burning fossil fuels are still the top sources of mercury in the global ocean.

January 7, 2024

Emissions reach lowest level in 70 years due to sharp decline in coal use in Germany

In 2023, coal-fired power generation fell to its lowest level since the 1960s.

January 5, 2024

Blade runners: how LFP batteries brought EV metal markets back to earth

In a few short years, LFP batteries crushed nickel and cobalt mining markets and new technology could do the same to lithium.

January 5, 2024

China’s coal king is catching up with its new battery champions

Battery giants are at the forefront of the global energy transition, but on the stock market they’re being outshined by the dirtiest fossil fuel.

January 3, 2024

Uranium price hits new post-Fukushima high

Uranium hit $91 per lb. this week, another record since triple-digit prices in 2007.

January 3, 2024

Energy Fuels inks MOU with Astron to develop Donald rare earth project in Australia

Donald project is expected to be a new, long-term source of several critical minerals key to the clean energy transition, including REE's, titanium, zircon, and uranium, the company said.