March 14, 2024

China to invest in Canadian mining despite crackdown, envoy says

Ambassador Cong Peiwu said the Canadian government is “wrong” to prevent Chinese investors from buying majority stakes in domestic mining companies, like it did in 2022.

March 13, 2024

US bill supporting seafloor mining lifts The Metals Company

The Responsible Use of Seafloor Resources Act was introduced on Tuesday.

March 13, 2024

Amid nickel glut, Indonesia’s next president vows to keep ‘downstreaming’ policy

The policy drew investments of billions of dollars from smelting firms, most of them Chinese, and boosted Indonesia's exports.

March 13, 2024

Wyloo says industry will turn from LME without green nickel

The LME said that low carbon nickel could already be traded on its partner MetalsHub's system.

March 11, 2024

Canadian miners lag in formal carbon reduction commitments – survey

Less than a quarter have formally committed to achieving all scope-related carbon emission reductions by 2050.

March 8, 2024

Column: Nickel rout is energy-transition warning for West

Western governments could mimic Indonesia by granting tax holidays to critical minerals operations.

March 8, 2024

AI can potentially estimate global environmental destruction due to road development for mining

Australia-based researchers trained three machine-learning models to automatically map road features in rural, generally remote and often forested areas.

March 7, 2024

Deep-sea mining could cost $500 billion in value destruction, study says

The report "How to lose half a trillion" says that mining the seafloor could cost the industry $30 to $132 billion in value destruction.

March 6, 2024

Jervois Global blames Chinese overproduction for job cuts

The cobalt and nickel producer has axed or made part-time 30% of its senior corporate management roles.

March 6, 2024

Canada plans scrutiny of Chinese offtake deals, minister says at PDAC

Government says it’s considering how to handle offtake agreements that function as loans or investments by China in Canadian mining companies as it continues to clamp down on critical mineral…