Volkswagen teams up with Umicore on battery materials
The venture - between Umicore and Volkswagen's battery unit PowerCo - also plan to collaborate on recycling metals from battery materials.
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Newmont’s Musselwhite mine celebrates 25 years of commercial production
The Musselwhite underground mine is located on the traditional territory of North Caribou Lake First Nation.
Marathon Gold selects Metso Outotec technology for key processing equipment
Marathon's Valentine project represents a conventional open pit mining and conventional milling operation with a mine life of 13 years.
Southern cattail highly effective for rehabilitation of areas affected by iron mine tailings
Southern cattail can scavenge up to 34 times more manganese from contaminated soil than other plants found in similar environments.
Los Pelambres union urges workers to support strike action
The supervisors union at Antofagasta's Los Pelambres copper mine has rejected the company's most recent contract offer and launched a strike threat.
Artisanal miners’ protests in Colombia hacked by looters
A series of protest actions led by small-scale miners in Colombia’s Antioquia department since September 21 turned violent by the end of the week.
Synthetic rocks shed light on how REEs are formed
New research is getting closer to explaining the mechanisms by which rocks containing rare earths form.
Charting the global economy: Fed headlines concert of rate hikes
When it comes to copper, big miners and metals traders are warning that in just a couple of years’ time, a massive shortfall will emerge.
Canada, South Korea seek deeper cooperation on critical minerals
In a joint statement, the two countries said they agreed to deepen their "strategic partnership on supply chain resiliency".