French President says deep-sea mining must not go ahead Deep-sea mining would involve using heavy machinery to suck up off the ocean floor nodules that contain cobalt, manganese, and other rare metals mostly used in batteries. Reuters | June 30, 2022 | 11:39 am
Montage Gold raises $15 million to acquire Côte d’Ivoire project The Mankono JV consists of three properties contiguous to the company's flagship Koné gold project. Staff Writer | June 30, 2022 | 11:34 am
Osisko Development’s San Antonio gold project in Mexico hosts million-ounce resource The San Antonio project is a past-producing oxide copper mine that went into receivership. Staff Writer | June 30, 2022 | 11:19 am
Volkswagen pulls out all stops to address China challenges Chief Executive Officer Herbert Diess called China the company’s “second home market” this week. Bloomberg News | June 30, 2022 | 10:57 am
Gold price bound for worst quarter in five, pressured by central banks’ hawkish rhetoric “Gold is ending lower this quarter due to the tighter Federal Reserve policy suggestions," analyst said. Staff Writer | June 30, 2022 | 9:51 am
Four charts reveal seismic shifts in global energy within one lifetime Wind, solar, geothermal, biomass, and small hydropower are now 13% of global power generation. Bloomberg News | June 30, 2022 | 8:59 am
Supreme Court curbs EPA’s climate authority in blow to Biden A deeply divided US Supreme Court restricted the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority to curb greenhouse gases from power plants. Bloomberg News | June 30, 2022 | 8:36 am
Top African fund manager is key to platinum takeover battle Impala Platinum Holdings said Africa’s biggest fund manager must make a decision over what to do with its Royal Bafokeng Platinum Ltd. stake Bloomberg News | June 30, 2022 | 8:31 am
Metals set for worst quarter since 2008 on global downturn angst The London Metal Exchange Index has tumbled 23% since the end of March. Bloomberg News | June 30, 2022 | 8:26 am