June 5, 2015

Most US mining and natural resources jobs lost in six years

Mining and logging was the big exception in Friday's payroll numbers with 18,000 jobs lost in May, the worst month since the global financial crisis.

June 4, 2015

Chile may be China’s next competitor in the rare earths market

Chilean company Mineria Activa is stepping up efforts to grab some of that market in a much greener way than China,

June 4, 2015

The world’s top 40 miners saw returns hitting decade-low in 2014 — report

They shed $156 billion in market value last year, or about 16% of their combined worth, according to PwC.

June 2, 2015

INFOGRAPHIC: A cost comparison – lithium brine vs. hard rock exploration

Lithium brine exploration has several benefits associated with it from a cost perspective.

June 2, 2015

IMAGE GALLERY: Potash ponds in the Utah desert

To the non-expert eye they may seem a set of mirages, but these turquoise-purple-pink visions are what ground-level potash ponds look like near Arches National Park.

June 2, 2015

Stans Energy kicks off fresh legal actions over Kyrgyzstan’s $118 million pending payment

The Canadian rare earths junior is appealing a Moscow court decision of Moscow City Arbitrazh Court of not allowing it to obtain a sum related to the loss of its…

June 2, 2015

How to ride the lithium battery boom: JGL Partners’ Jonathan Lee

Lee tells The Energy Report that he expects double-digit compound annual growth rates over the next few years as battery prices continue to fall and demand rises.

June 1, 2015

Molycorp stock collapses after missing $32.5M interest payment

Skipping the loan repayment could lead to the U.S. rare earths miner bankruptcy.

May 28, 2015

INFOGRAPHIC: Lunar gold rush — How moon mining could work

Across history, human development has relied upon the finite resources available on Earth. But the moon – a seemingly barren rock – may actually be a treasure trove of rare…

May 27, 2015

Tesla Storage announcement is another piece of the puzzle in renewable energy hybrid markets

THEnergy observes increasing interest in storage solutions from industrial off-grid end-customers and project developers.