March 22, 2022

Gulf widens between fossil fuels, transition to renewable energy

War in Ukraine and the redrawing of the Iron Curtain around Russia threatens to turn a regional energy crisis into a global one.

March 22, 2022

ArcelorMittal removes Russian materials from steel supply chain

Europe’s biggest steelmaker has eliminated Russian commodities from its supply chain following the invasion of Ukraine.

March 21, 2022

Court halts exploration at Los Andes Copper’s Chile project on potential endangered species impact  

The court order relates to the impact on the the habitat of the vizcachas, a small rabbit that is part of the food chain for the Andean cat.

March 21, 2022

Imagine Lithium enters exploration agreement with First Nations groups on Jackpot property

Under the agreement, Imagine Lithium will grant a total of 3 million common share purchase warrants to the First Nations groups, with each receiving 1 million warrants.

March 21, 2022

Copper, gold, silver key to making carbon capture efforts succeed – study

Chemists at Tsinghua University have developed a nano-scale structure that combines copper, gold and silver to work as a superior catalyst in a reaction whose performance will be essential if…

March 20, 2022

Scientists get closer look at how methane-eating bacteria turn greenhouse gases into fuel

Methanotrophic bacteria consume 30 million metric tons of methane per year and have a natural ability to convert the greenhouse gas into usable fuel.

March 18, 2022

NioBay suspends exploration at James Bay project on First Nation objections 

The niobium project is located in the district of Cochrane on the traditional territory of the Moose Cree First Nation.

March 17, 2022

The Metals Company signs MoU for PFS on world’s first deep-sea nodule processing plant

The polymetallic nodule fields in the CCZ of the Pacific represent the largest known undeveloped nickel resource on the planet.

March 17, 2022

Ontario aims to boost EV industry as it announces first critical minerals strategy  

Ontario has identified 33 critical minerals, including nickel, cobalt, lithium, and rare earth elements. It produced about C$3.5 billion worth of critical minerals in 2020.

March 17, 2022

5 CHARTS: Mining supercycle – how soon is now?

Pent-up demand, supply shocks, low stocks pushed aluminum, copper and coal prices to all-time highs, but new report suggests supercycle talk is premature.