Europe to spend billions on lithium-ion battery plants
The goal is to reduce reliance on batteries from Asia, particularly China and South Korea.
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Top uranium producer Kazatomprom may sell 25% stake in London/Astana float
Kazatomprom to sell up to 25 pct stake on LSE, AIX whilst the sovereign wealth fund remains 75% owner.
Mining at Gold Road and Gold Fields JV in Australia to start next month
Overall project engineering at the 270,000 ounce-a-year Guyere gold project, which is already more than A$100 million over its original budget of A$507 million, is now 96 percent complete
Australia wrestles with saving the Great Barrier Reef
Ask four Australians why the Great Barrier Reef is bleaching, and you’ll hear four different answers.
More than 400 jobs to go at Glencore’s Hail Creek coal mine
The company also said it would reconfigure the mining methods used at Hail Creek, a process that will be phased in over the next 18 months.
Australia’s coal sector hopeful
A new report prepared for the Minerals Council of Australia forecasts that the demand for metallurgical coal to 2030 will grow by over 95Mt.
B.C’s historical Kootenay-Boundary district mining region gathers attention
Golden Dawn Minerals, KG Exploration Inc. and GGX Gold Corp. are among the companies setting foot in the area.
US develops new gold-silver alloy for military use
A new gold-silver alloy was created with the idea of lightening the load and enhance the power of devices used by soldiers.
The electric-vehicle future will run on two wheels: Adam Minter
E-bikes would require compact, lightweight, and reliable lithium-ion batteries similar to those that power everything from iPhones to Teslas.
