Potential Russian oil ban pushes gold price above $2,000
Gold extended its biggest weekly advance since July 2020 amid reports of the US and its allies contemplating an embargo of Russian oil.
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Copper Fox hits near-surface mineralization from Schaft Creek metallurgical drilling
Copper Fox Metals (TSXV: CUU) has released analytical results from the 2021 metallurgical drilling program at the Schaft Creek project in British Columbia, […]
Ukraine invasion sets back Musk’s dream for cheaper EVs, for now
Rising prices of nickel, lithium and other materials threaten to slow and even temporarily reverse the long-term trend of falling costs of batteries.
Rock Tech Lithium could build €400m plant in Romania
The plant would produce enough to supply 500,000 cars with lithium-ion batteries per year.
Nickel price jumps 30% to 15-year high
Metal price jumped as fears of major disruptions to supplies due to financial sanctions on Russia fuelled a buying frenzy.
Boeing suspends buying titanium from Russia, assures of ‘sufficient supply’
Airbus did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the status of its titanium supplies.
Brookfield scraps plan to buy Australia’s top energy provider
The Canadian asset firm and billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes’ Grok Ventures have dropped their joint bid to acquire AGL Energy.
Zircon helps scientists learn about mineral resource accumulation on earth
While much of the original geological record is lost to erosion, durable minerals like zircon form sediments that effectively gather information from these lost worlds.
Chile a step closer to nationalizing copper and lithium
The assembly writing the country’s new Constitution has approved an early-stage proposal that opens the door to the sector's nationalization.
