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Researchers push for using metals to treat infections

Two dozen highly active metal compounds containing cobalt, nickel, rhodium, palladium, silver, europium, iridium, platinum, molybdenum and gold can be used to treat fungal infections.

Staff Writer | September 28, 2022 | 5:05 am

Copper production to show “strong and consistent” growth for next decade

New report by Fitch Solutions forecasts over 7 million tonnes…

Staff Writer | September 27, 2022 | 11:08 am

Finland plans new tax on mining

Finland has thus far not collected taxes on minerals but…

Reuters | September 27, 2022 | 9:05 am

Metallic materials’ fatigue strength can now be quickly determined

High-resolution electron imaging can capture the nanoscale deformation events that…

Staff Writer | September 27, 2022 | 6:06 am

Volkswagen teams up with Umicore on battery materials

The venture - between Umicore and Volkswagen's battery unit PowerCo…

Reuters | September 26, 2022 | 9:15 am

Peru targets local lithium battery production, official says

Peru currently produces no lithium and no country in Latin America produces lithium batteries at a commercial scale even if they do mine lithium.

Reuters | September 28, 2022 | 12:29 pm

CATL plans $1.9 billion battery project in China’s Luoyang city

Construction of the project will take up to three years, CATL said.

Bloomberg News | September 28, 2022 | 10:54 am

Foran’s ambitious net zero plans for McIlvenna Bay attract investors

Foran has had a busy year as it advances the McIlvenna Bay copper-zinc-gold project in Saskatchewan, which it says will be the world’s first zero-carbon operation.

Kelsey Rolfe | September 28, 2022 | 7:06 am

Rio Tinto warns miners not moving fast enough on lithium extraction

Lithium consumption needed “to surge way above anything that’s planned to be mined,” says minerals chief Sinead Kaufman.

Bloomberg News | September 27, 2022 | 7:13 pm

Argentine state-run miners launch first-time lithium project

Units of Argentina's state oil firm YPF will start work on a 20,000 hectare area lithium prospecting project in Fiambala.

Reuters | September 26, 2022 | 4:29 pm

Rare earth miner NioCorp to merge with Nasdaq-listed blank check firm

Merger with Acquisition Corp II will give it access to up to $285 million for the development of its Elk Creek project in southeastern Nebraska.

Reuters | September 26, 2022 | 9:17 am

Canada, South Korea seek deeper cooperation on critical minerals

In a joint statement, the two countries said they agreed to deepen their "strategic partnership on supply chain resiliency".

Reuters | September 23, 2022 | 5:59 pm

US MINES Act seeks to curb Russia, China grip on critical minerals

California Republican congressman Ken Calvert said America must be "clear-eyed about the Chinese and Russian aggression when it comes to consolidating critical mineral resources.”

Staff Writer | September 23, 2022 | 10:26 am

Joe Biden’s climate bill has the US battery industry revved up

The US is still dependent on China for minerals to feed its nascent battery manufacturing efforts.

Bloomberg News | September 23, 2022 | 8:03 am

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Researchers push for using metals to treat infections

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Finland plans new tax on mining

Metallic materials’ fatigue strength can now be quickly determined

Volkswagen teams up with Umicore on battery materials

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