February 16, 2016

China ‘needs to cut output of minerals’

Increased Chinese mineral production is just as much a cause for the slide in prices as the aggressive expansions by western mining companies.

February 16, 2016

The story of the great mining project that wasn’t so

Here’s how you can prevent this from happening to you

February 15, 2016

World’s rarest minerals: for some total supply less than sugar cube

Scientists have inventoried and categorized earth's 2,550 rarest mineral species, each sampled from five or fewer sites.

February 12, 2016

Argentina’s new government scraps mining taxes

President Mauricio Macri has revoked a 5% tax imposed by the previous administration on mining companies.

February 9, 2016

Here is how you open a safe in less than 5 seconds thanks to a rare earth magnet

Using a rare earth magnet anyone can exploit the nickel piece in a safe and get it open without any damage.

February 9, 2016

Tesla Powerwall begins to ship, what does this mean?

Tesla Energy’s Powerwall has to started to ship on a global scale with customers in Australia receiving the first of the company’s lithium-ion battery packs designed to power homes.

February 4, 2016

US scientists figure cost-effective way to extract rare earths from coal

The new mineral processing technique also makes the extraction environmentally friendly.

February 3, 2016

India mulls key investment to set iron ore plants in Iran

According to official figures, Iran has now more than $10 billion of investment pledges under its belt.

February 3, 2016

Luxembourg joins race to conquer space mining

The move comes only three months after U.S. President Barack Obama signed a space exploitation law.

February 2, 2016

China gets tougher on illegal mining, exporting of rare earths

Beijing to set up tracing system to determine and certify the origin of the materials.