September 28, 2020

Pensana Rare Earths gets $9m from Angola wealth fund to develop project

The Longonjo project is slated to be the world's first major rare earth mine to be brought online in over a decade.

September 27, 2020

China coal mine accident kills 16, Xinhua says

The accident occurred at the Songzao coal mine, which belongs to a local energy company

September 27, 2020

Venezuelan opposition party demands environmentally friendlier mining operations

Encuentro Ciudadano is preparing a report aimed at informing discussions currently underway to modify the country’s mining law.

September 25, 2020

Gold dealers charged in $185 million scheme to con the elderly

Two LA-based dealers have been charged with swindling senior citizens on precious-metals purchases in the run-up to this year’s record high in gold prices.

September 25, 2020

Chilean lawmakers push on with glacier protection law

The bill, to be voted in Congress, could hinder construction of large mining projects or imply higher costs to meet regulations.

September 25, 2020

Poland to close coal mines by 2049 in deal with unions

Government will implement a gradual closure of the remaining coal mines.

September 24, 2020

Mines are the biggest holes in Tesla’s $25,000 car plans

“We sorta take a chunk of dirt out of the ground, remove the lithium, and put the chunk of dirt back where it was. It will not look, like, terrible.…

September 24, 2020

China accuses Chinalco rare earth unit of breaking pollution regulations

The unit was previously punished for environmental violations in 2018 along with a Chinalco subsidiary in northwestern China.

September 23, 2020

Pebble Partnership CEO resigns over leaked tape

Comments made about elected and regulatory officials in Alaska in private conversations videotaped by an environmental activist group.

September 23, 2020

Tesla bets on mining with Nevada lithium claim

The company is planning to build its own cathode factory.