Australian mining billionaire to invest $2.2bn in renewable energy project
Andrew Forrest's Squadron Energy has acquired the Clarke Creek project - a wind, solar and battery farm development.
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Australian miners ramp up search for lithium to meet EV demand
Miners invested $700 million in the three months ended Dec. 31, according to a report by consultancy BDO, up 11% on the prior quarter.
Biden bets on US battery independence
In a few months, the Department of Energy will begin the process of doling out $6 billion in grants for battery production.
There is a connection between Mars and heavy metal-polluted Rio Tinto estuary
Goethite, red hematite, schwertmannite and jarosite link Mars to Spain’s Rio Tinto.
South America Snapshot: Eight companies exploring and developing new mines
The need for battery metals is propelling many projects in resource-rich South America, but gold and silver projects retain their appeal, too.
Iamgold reports fire at Côté batch plant
The fire at the Côté gold project in Ontario was extinguished and no injuries were reported.
The limits to growth: Why the West will struggle to find enough metals to supply simultaneous demand drivers
In 2021, commodities outperformed all other asset classes, and they are expected to do the same in 2022.
Vale to pay $46m for failing to meet deadline to decommission tailings dams
The company will also undertake a series of obligations to remove all of its upstream tailing dams.
US miners irked that Pentagon mineral stockpile plan bypasses them
American miners are frustrated the Pentagon is looking to Canada, Australia and elsewhere.
