April 9, 2021 The need for a battery gold rush in US US automakers are finally making bold commitments to electrify their fleets, but in the short-term, there may not be enough lithium-ion batteries to go around.
April 9, 2021 US interior secretary looks to restore Utah monuments slashed by Trump The Bears Ears National Monument was slashed in size by former President Donald Trump to open it to mining, grazing and drilling.
April 9, 2021 Greenland Minerals says it is focused on rare earths, not uranium Doubts have risen over the future of the Kvanefjeld project as a left-wing party pledged on Wednesday its opposition after winning a parliamentary election.
April 9, 2021 Codelco takes Ecuador to arbitration over stalled joint project Chile's copper giant has requested international arbitration with Ecuador and its state-miner over the Llurimagua project.
April 9, 2021 High rates of vaccine hesitancy among mine employees in Mali – report Data gathered in southern Mali by Critical Care International suggest very few of the population would accept a vaccine if offered today.
April 9, 2021 Expander Energy, Vanderwell get key permit to build Canada’s first biomass-gas-to-liquids plant The Slave Lake biomass-gas-to-liquids proposed project is expected to produce 6.5 million liters per year of low-carbon intensity, clean-burning synthetic diesel fuel.
April 9, 2021 FLSmidth joins responsible copper production framework The Danish firm is now a partner at the Copper Mark Assurance Framework.
April 9, 2021 Rio Tinto, Turquoise Hill strike funding deal for Oyu Tolgoi The binding agreement ends a standoff between the companies over the copper-gold mine expansion.
April 8, 2021 Canada Nickel, Taykwa Tagamou Nation ink MOU The agreement is for financing the mine fleet for the Crawford nickel cobalt sulphide project in Ontario.
April 8, 2021 Brazil’s Bahia Mineracao to operate Fiol railway Bamin's Pedra de Ferro iron ore mine in Caetité depends on the completion of the railway to become economically viable.
US rare earth buyers still see China curbs despite Trump deal The US and China still haven’t reached an agreement on key details of how Beijing will free up sales of rare earths. December 24, 2025 | 07:45 am