December 30, 2020 Exploring for pegmatite-bound commodities without drilling, blasting Project Greenpeg wants to stimulate investors to explore Europe for clean energy metals and minerals.
December 29, 2020 Las Bambas blockades affect Peru copper shipments The Peruvian Ministry of Energy and Mines expressed today its opposition to the blockades affecting the world’s ninth-largest copper mine.
December 29, 2020 Nevada Copper marks construction milestone at Pumpkin Hollow The materials handling system would result in a significant increase in hoisting rates.
December 29, 2020 Newcrest goes ahead with Gorbea project in Chile Company has exercised its option to enter the farm-in phase of its joint venture to develop the gold project by making a $500,000 payment to Mirasol.
December 29, 2020 Ares to provide fluorspar for breakthrough technology The miner will start producing fluorspar lumps from material that was previously unsuitable for manufacture.
December 29, 2020 Zimbabwe bans use of mercury in mining The ban will affect small-scale gold miners who produce more than half of the country's bullion output.
December 29, 2020 Cobalt may substitute platinum in fuel cells A team in the US designed a highly active catalyst for fuel cells that contains cobalt interspersed with nitrogen and carbon instead of platinum.
December 28, 2020 US Gold Corp’s shares up on Wyoming project drill results CK Gold project is an advanced stage gold and copper exploration and development project located near Cheyenne.
December 28, 2020 Major milestone for Mason Graphite at Lac Gueret Testing of lithium-ion batteries containing graphite has reached a key milestone for potential electric vehicle application.
December 28, 2020 World Economic Forum tests blockchain for tracking carbon emissions The COT is focusing on tracing carbon emission in the copper value chain and tracks GHG emissions from the mine to the smelter.
How 2026 will reshape the US critical mineral resilience Emerging federal activity shows two key themes: growing support for high-risk minerals and renewed focus on domestic processing technologies. December 21, 2025 | 04:00 am