January 18, 2022

Newly discovered ‘strange metal’ could be key to lossless power grids, quantum computers

Researchers found strange metal behaviour in a material in which electrical charge is not carried by electrons.

November 15, 2021

Tungsten suppliers haven’t been able to profit from meme-fueled cube craze

Tungsten cubes may have reached meme status as sales soar, yet that isn’t helping suppliers of the hefty metal cash in on the craze.

November 15, 2021

PYX dual lists in London as zircon supply crunch intensifies

The global zirconium market was estimated to be worth $1.8 billion in 2020.

November 10, 2021

Value of battery metals in new electric cars set new record

MINING.COM’s EV Metal Index hit a new all-time monthly high as lithium, nickel and cobalt prices continue to rise.

November 9, 2021

Automakers say magnesium shortage not a problem, for now

Stellantis and BMW say they do not see an imminent problem with supplies.

November 5, 2021

Tantalum supply and demand after the pandemic

The tantalum industry is transitioning to an entirely new normality.

November 2, 2021

UN at COP26: “Enough of mining…we are digging our own graves”

It did not take long for COP26 to turn into a farce with UN Secretary General António Guterres pleading with the gathered highnesses and excellencies to declare enough is enough.

November 1, 2021

Nova Scotia’s mining focus expands into critical minerals

Canada is the only Western nation that has an abundance of cobalt, graphite, lithium, and nickel, essential to creating the batteries and EVs of the future.

October 29, 2021

Inexorable decline of EV battery prices coming to an end – report

EV battery costs were approaching parity with gas-powered cars, but Benchmark believes decline may be at an end as lithium prices surge 313% in a year and cobalt, nickel prices…

October 28, 2021

COP26 will be a colossal mining cop-out

New report lays out how the green energy transition “starts and ends with metals” but the required exponential growth in mining is a glaring hole in US and global decarbonisation…