Nickel, cobalt price: 10 charts show China’s grip on battery supply chain to last decades
Beijing's response to Biden executive order on critical minerals: "Artificial efforts to shift these chains and to decouple is not realistic."
Minesa to reapply for environmental license in Colombia
Owned by the government of Abu Dhabi, Minesa has said that it will continue to…
Gold price hits 8-month low as bond yields rise
Gold is now in danger of a material move lower, one analyst said.
Falcondo’s La Manaclita ferronickel project in the DR is a no-go
Falcondo’s plan to mine the Loma Miranda area was considered controversial.
Scotgold shares fall on Cononish mine delayed ramp-up
The Scottish miner also said that slower than anticipated labour build-up and training will impact…
Canada losing ground on new mining projects – report
The Mining Association of Canada says the total 10-year projected value of $82 billion for new projects remains nearly 50% below the 2014 level of $160 billion.
Base and Battery Metals Snapshot: Eight companies pursuing critical minerals
Base and battery metals exploration and development assets in North America that are on investors’…
Alrosa puts walnut-size diamond up for sale
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Santacruz Silver to pay $20m for Zimapan mine in Mexico
The Canadian miner’s subsidiary signed a definitive agreement to acquire the asset from Industrias Peñoles.
Musk says nickel price is ‘biggest concern’ for electric-car batteries
Tesla CEO said that the company is shifting some cars to a type of battery…
Tycoon Usmanov’s firms to build plant for greener iron products
USM and Metalloinvest Holding Co.’s iron ore mine plan to make 2 million tons of hot-briquetted iron per year.
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