Australian court backs coal mine expansions in key climate case
Australia has seen a slew of legal challenges against projects over their forecast impact on global warming.
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New Found Gold’s high-grade assays keep it in billion-dollar club
New Found is part of a central Newfoundland gold exploration surge.
World’s top miners need more ambition to meet climate targets
The Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis examined five miners with goals to become carbon neutral by 2050 — and found varying degrees of purpose in meeting that target.
Codelco said to near buyout of Australia’s Lithium Power
Codelco is nearing a deal to acquire Lithium Power International.
Eramet rues timid European banks, sees lithium plant costing $1.5 billion
Eramet aims to start producing lithium in Argentina in the second quarter of next year.
India sets lithium mining royalty at 3% of LME prices
The government also set the royalty for niobium at 3% of the average sale price, and for rare earth elements at 1% of the average sale price of rare earth oxide.
Piedmont Lithium to invest in Newfoundland lithium project
Piedmont will acquire a 19.9% interest in Vinland Lithium, which owns Killick Lithium.
“New” mineral discovered in abandoned gold mine dumps
A newly discovered mineral, named kanatzidisite, was recently unearthed in mining dumps of the abandoned Nagybörzsöny gold deposit in Hungary.
Cariboo gold project in British Columbia gets green lighted
The BC government notes that Cariboo was the first project to be approved under the new Environmental Assessment Act, which was updated in 2018.
