Tight battery market is next test for EVs after chip crisis

Rising demand from electric vehicles and challenges in securing raw materials will deliver a battery supply crunch for automakers, according to a key Chinese manufacturer.

Bloomberg News | July 23, 2021 | 7:29 am

Brazil prosecutors target final Samarco dam settlement this year

A settlement would replace a giant lawsuit, removing a considerable legal overhang for Samarco and its shareholders.

Bloomberg News | July 23, 2021 | 7:18 am

Platinum giants eye solar power as green answer to blackouts

Sibanye Stillwater, Impala Platinum, and Anglo American Platinum said they plan to scale up solar and wind farms.

Bloomberg News | July 23, 2021 | 7:01 am

BHP reaches conditional port deal for Jansen potash mine

Jansen is expected to give BHP exposure to a market driven by rising global food demand and represents one of its few major growth prospects.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 23, 2021 | 6:54 am

Rio Tinto spending $108m to study going underground at Kennecott

Potential underground mining would occur concurrently with open-pit operations.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | July 23, 2021 | 6:48 am

How rutile may help find undiscovered gold deposits

Researchers at Curtin University found a clear chemical distinction between rutile associated with richly endowed gold ore systems and rutile from un-mineralized rocks.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | July 23, 2021 | 6:06 am