Home: Alcoa powers up in Brazil as China aluminum powers down
After six years of lying idle, the Alumar aluminum smelter in Brazil is about to restart operations.
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Andrew Forrest spearheads global green hydrogen push
Hydrogen is widely touted as the best future option to decarbonize industries like steel, cement, fertilizers, shipping and aviation.
IMF to advise Peru on reform to increase mining taxes, says finance minister
Mining is a key source of tax revenue in Peru and the new leftist administration of President Pedro Castillo has repeatedly said it wants to increase mining taxes to pay for new social programs.
70 years of global uranium production by country
Uranium was discovered just over 200 years ago in 1789, and today, it’s among the world’s most important energy minerals.
Top copper producers show some love for Peru’s leftist leader
Freeport-McMoRan boss Richard Adkerson said he was left “encouraged” from a recent meeting with President Pedro Castillo.
Visualizing countries by share of earth’s surface
Visualizing Countries by Share of Earth’s Surface There are over 510 million square kilometers of area on the surface of Earth, but less […]
Value of battery metals in new electric cars surges 177% year-on-year
Lithium hydroxide prices are up 162% year to date and average lithium use per electric vehicle basis, including hybrids, jumped 19.5% year over year.
Mining People: Andean PM, Ready Set Gold, Seabridge Gold, Iamgold
Key moves in the mining industry.
Cameco inks deals to supply fuel for small modular reactors
It will evaluate the potential establishment of a uranium supply chain capable of servicing a fleet of GWRX-300 small modular reactors.
