December 17, 2024

Congo files criminal complaints against Apple in Europe over conflict minerals

International lawyers said that Apple uses minerals pillaged from Congo and laundered through international supply chains.

December 13, 2024

Copper price: What’s in store for 2025

The bellwether metal had a rollercoaster 2024, will next year bring more wild swings?

December 13, 2024

China leads world in energy transition, Wood Mackenzie says

The world’s second-largest economy leads the energy transition and is on track to source half of its power from low-carbon energy.

December 12, 2024

Talon Metals receives $2.47m funding for nickel extraction research

The research will focus on the company's Tamarack project, which comprises an underground nickel-copper mine in central Minnesota and a battery mineral processing facility in North Dakota.

December 12, 2024

Global scramble for critical minerals fuelling protectionism

Protectionism is rising across 72 nations as governments vie for critical minerals, Verisk Maplecroft research shows.

December 11, 2024

Europe set to miss potential for battery material recycling

Europe could recycle enough battery materials to supply two million EVs in 2030, but energy costs and a lack of financial support mean it is unlikely to do so.

December 11, 2024

US cobalt miner to Trump: use tariffs as ‘scalpel’ not ‘sledgehammer’

Jervois, like many US producers of critical minerals, has struggled in recent years as Chinese rivals flood global markets with cheap supplies.

December 11, 2024

Ontario pension backs $100m funding for tech firm spotting deposits from space

Private firm Fleet Space uses satellite technology, AI and real-time 3-D imaging to speed up critical mineral searches.

December 11, 2024

London Symposium: ‘Mining must move at the pace of business, not bureaucracy,’ Ontario’s Pirie says 

Ontario's bid to lead in the critical minerals boom in Canada is fuelled with funding increases and deregulation goals in a new mining code.

December 6, 2024

Energy Fuels MOU with Madagascar unlocks path for $2bn Toliara project

The Toliara project, with an estimated capital expenditure of $591 million, ranks among the largest recent foreign investments in Madagascar.