January 25, 2022 Environmental groups sue to undo PolyMet mine deal in Minnesota Its an attempt to reverse a 2017 land transfer that gave PolyMet more than 6,600 acres needed to build an open pit copper and gold mine.
January 25, 2022 CHARTS: Tesla v Volkswagen v BYD – battery power, lithium, nickel, cobalt use Most ambitious European automaker and Warren Buffet-backed Chinese EV and battery manufacturer unlapped themselves in 2021, at best.
January 25, 2022 Indonesia’s coal ban sends prices soaring, other exporters fail to step up High coal prices and the threat of resource nationalism point to a more worrying longer term future for seaborne coal in Asia, writes Clyde Russell.
January 25, 2022 McKinsey pegs the price tag of a livable climate at $9.2 trillion a year That’s at least $3.5 trillion more a year than the world is currently laying out for both low-carbon and fossil-fuel infrastructure.
January 24, 2022 Chart: How metals prices performed in 2021 Looking back on what gave investors strong returns in 2021, it was the year of industrial and energy metals.
January 24, 2022 2022 – a year of rebalancing for metals and mining “The most likely outcome is an environment where commodity prices can settle from the extraordinary highs of 2021. But there are plenty of risks to this outlook," says Wood Mackenzie.
January 24, 2022 Minnesota court orders review of water permit for PolyMet mine The appeals court ordered the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency to reconsider whether any groundwater runoff from the proposed mine would pollute navigable waterways.
January 24, 2022 Rio Tinto and Mongolia settle feud over Oyu Tolgoi copper mine The deal marks a positive development for Rio, which is reeling from Serbia's rejection last week of its proposed lithium mine as well as local opposition to projects in Ghana…
January 24, 2022 Why gold’s latest rally is nothing to get excited about Gold is so far almost unchanged this year, despite the initial decline and the subsequent rally.
January 24, 2022 Power problems take a toll on global aluminum output Europe's lengthening list of smelter casualties is a warning sign that power availability poses a fundamental challenge for the aluminum industry globally, writes Andy Home.
Ghana’s mining reforms risk choking investment, says industry body Africa's top gold producer plans to scrap long-term mining investment stability agreements and double royalties. January 19, 2026 | 10:10 am
