May 11, 2024

Australia’s budget will boost critical minerals, treasurer says

Australia’s critical minerals industry is a major part of the government’s push to capitalize on the worldwide green energy revolution.

May 9, 2024

Sponges, brittle stars likely affected by deep-sea mining – study

A recent study found a tenfold increase in tissue necrosis in sea sponges exposed to mining plumes.

May 7, 2024

US Strategic Metals, Missouri University partner on precursor cathode material research

Currently, most of the pCAM in the world is produced outside the United States.

May 6, 2024

Grid Metals increases resource by a third at copper-nickel project in Manitoba

The combined indicated open pit resources increased by 12.4 million tonnes or 37% to 46.2 million tonnes.

May 6, 2024

Nickel 28 fires founders on ‘serious misconduct’ that they deny

The company removed CEO Milewski and other executives, citing evidence that the management team had breached their duties and repeatedly lacked judgment.

May 3, 2024

Congo’s $7 billion infrastructure deal with China will depend on copper prices

President pushed for a review of the 2008 infrastructure for minerals deal with Sinohydro Corp and China Railway Group to bring more benefits for Congo, the world's biggest cobalt producer.

May 3, 2024

Anglo CEO meets South Africa mines minister after BHP’s takeover proposal

CEO Duncan Wanblad is meeting minister Gwede Mantashe for the first time since rejecting BHP's $39bn takeover bid last week.

May 3, 2024

Underwater power play for metals in full swing

The International Seabed Authority, which next meets in July, is hashing out the world’s first underwater mining code.

May 2, 2024

Congo M23 rebels claim control of smartphone mineral mining town

Most of Congo's mineral resources are concentrated in the east, where insecurity has worsened since the M23 made a major comeback in March 2022.

April 30, 2024

Glencore now sees FY trading division profit between $3bn-$3.5bn

However, the company left its full-year production forecast unchanged.