January 18, 2022 Newly discovered ‘strange metal’ could be key to lossless power grids, quantum computers Researchers found strange metal behaviour in a material in which electrical charge is not carried by electrons.
January 18, 2022 First Quantum to pay $375m a year in royalties to Panama The Canadian miner has reached a deal with the country's government to increase royalty payments from its flagship Cobre Panama copper mine.
January 17, 2022 BHP to introduce electric trains at Pilbara mines The four locomotives, scheduled for delivery in late 2023, will be supplied by Progress Rail, a unit of Caterpillar, and Wabtec Corp.
January 16, 2022 One community in southern Peru says it won’t disrupt Las Bambas operations The Challhuahuacho community signed a memorandum of understanding committing to avoid blockades on the Southern Mining Corridor.
January 16, 2022 CO2 storage project in America’s coal country one step closer to becoming a reality Recent drilling by CarbonSAFE is expected to provide information on the viability of a second carbon storage site in the top coal-producing state in the US.
January 16, 2022 Flawed diamonds may be the key to quantum internet Japanese researchers discovered that diamonds’ atomic defects where carbon is replaced by nitrogen or another element may offer a close-to-perfect interface for quantum computing.
January 14, 2022 Endeavour Silver to buy SSR’s Pitarrilla project in Mexico for $70m The Pitarrilla project, 160 km north of the city of Durango, has measured and indicated resources of 164.7 million tonnes grading 99.1 grams silver per tonne.
January 14, 2022 Recycling plant aims to turn US coal country into rare earth powerhouse “The mining industry needs to do a better job of utilizing innovative technologies as a way of looking to clean up environmental liabilities.”
January 14, 2022 Global sustainable debt issuance matched Canada’s GDP in 2021 – report Data compiled by BloombergNEF show that the volumes of sustainable debt surpassed $1.6 trillion in 2021 alone.
January 14, 2022 Sibanye-Stillwater faces strike at South Africa gold mines Unions have been cleared to give the company notice of a strike following failed wage talks for gold mine workers.
Column: EV revolution rolls on but battery metals lose their charge It should only be a matter of time before demand momentum absorbs the current supply glut, writes Reuters columnist Andy Home. December 20, 2025 | 06:23 am
