Mineral-eating intraterrestrial bacteria may give clues on extraterrestrial life
These bacteria, which spread out and form biofilms, are being tested at a former gold mine in South Dakota.
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Ecuador holds election closely watched by global miners
Leftist Andrés Arauz and right-wing Guillermo Lasso have both vowed to continue promoting the oil and mining sectors, but their approach would be quite different.
Samarco files for bankruptcy protection
Vale said the filing would in no way affect its ability to pay reparations to those affected by the 2015 dam burst.
Biden’s EV plan would create bull conditions for energy metals — report
The $2 trillion infrastructure bill would help create bull conditions in commodity markets, particularly in steel, cobalt, lithium and copper.
The need for a battery gold rush in US
US automakers are finally making bold commitments to electrify their fleets, but in the short-term, there may not be enough lithium-ion batteries to go around.
America’s Suez
Taiwan could turn out to be to the American empire what Suez was to the British Empire in 1956.
Coal output from top 10 miners to increase by up to 6.6% in 2021 – report
This represents a recovery from last year's 4.2% decline in collective output.
Another gold stock upleg
Gold stocks’ latest young upleg is far less likely to be derailed by big gold selling.
KL Gold’s Q1 production exceeds guidance
The miner says it is on track to achieve full-year 2021 production guidance.
