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.
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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.
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.
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.
Metals set for worst quarter since 2008 on global downturn angst
The London Metal Exchange Index has tumbled 23% since the end of March.
California lithium tax would delay shipments to automakers, executives warn
The brewing tension comes as America's largest state is trying to position itself as a leader in the green energy revolution.
Copper price heads for biggest quarterly plunge since 2011
"We still see metals falling as a recession in the US is fully priced in," said Commerzbank analyst.
Huayou to explore Zimbabwe lithium plant ‘when conditions are right’
China's biggest cobalt refiner acquired the hard-rock Arcadia lithium mine, just outside the capital Harare, for $422 million earlier this year.
Column: US forms ‘friendly’ coalition to secure critical minerals
A metallic NATO is starting to take shape, though no-one is calling it that just yet, writes Andy Home.
