Recycled battery metals being tested for use as crop fertilizer
Tests carried out in Australia showed a “significant uptake” of the metals in wheat on local low-quality soil.
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Zambia starts processing artisanal gold
The country built 10 milling plants to process gold in a drive to formalise artisanal and small-scale miners and diversify from copper mining.
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HSBC lost $200m in a day on paper as coronavirus dislocated gold market
HSBC said the issue was mainly due to an "unprecedented widening" of the price difference between US gold futures and spot gold in the London market.
Vale to spend $2bn to cut carbon emissions 33% by 2030
Vale previously announced plans to eliminate emissions entirely by 2050.
Canada may review imminent Endeavour Mining-Semafo merger
Neither company was aware of any reasons for the notice, said Semafo, which has assets in Burkina Faso.