As US national debt hits $30 trillion, higher borrowing costs & negative real yields will make it harder to finance
The United States reached a new milestone this week, but it’s nothing to be proud of.
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US and Japan reach agreement to remove Trump-era steel tariffs
Washington will suspend the 25% levy on incoming steel imports from Japan up to 1.25 million metric tons a year,
Latin Metals inks option agreement with Barrick Gold for Argentina properties
To earn an initial 70% interest, Barrick must pay $2.32 million in cash to the underlying vendor and $750,000 in cash to Latin Metals.
Uranium Snapshot: Eight juniors of interest
As the world slowly moves away from fossil fuels, here are eight juniors on the hunt for what may be this century’s greenest metal.
US to spend $725m this year on abandoned coal mine cleanup
The money represents a portion of the $11.3 billion allocated to mine reclamation in the infrastructure law that Congress passed last year.
NRCan delivers pan-Canadian geoscience strategy
The geoscience strategy is intended to be a renewed commitment to improving the availability and accessibility of public geoscience data and to improving collaboration.
Mining association to set up protocol to tackle discrimination, sexism by year-end
The association, which includes about 50 of Canada’s leading mining companies, is developing an “equity, diversity, and inclusion” protocol as part of its existing Toward Sustainable Mining program.
Blockchain rare earth scheme to certify sustainable output for EVs
An EU-funded certification scheme using blockchain is being developed for rare earths.
Americans face record metals prices as shipping costs surge
Supply-chain snags dominated headlines through most of 2021, catapulting commodities prices to the highest in more than a decade.
