BP to exit Rosneft stake and may take $25 billion hit The decision to leave Rosneft may imply a $25 billion hit for BP. Bloomberg News | February 27, 2022 | 10:44 am
Hungary won’t cancel Russia-backed nuclear project, Orban says Viktor Orban rejected opposition calls to suspend or scrap the Russia-backed expansion of the country’s sole nuclear power plant. Bloomberg News | February 27, 2022 | 10:18 am
Australian mining billionaire to invest $2.2bn in renewable energy project Andrew Forrest's Squadron Energy has acquired the Clarke Creek project - a wind, solar and battery farm development. Reuters | February 27, 2022 | 10:03 am
Australian miners ramp up search for lithium to meet EV demand Miners invested $700 million in the three months ended Dec. 31, according to a report by consultancy BDO, up 11% on the prior quarter. Bloomberg News | February 27, 2022 | 8:35 am
Biden bets on US battery independence In a few months, the Department of Energy will begin the process of doling out $6 billion in grants for battery production. Bloomberg News | February 27, 2022 | 8:25 am
There is a connection between Mars and heavy metal-polluted Rio Tinto estuary Goethite, red hematite, schwertmannite and jarosite link Mars to Spain’s Rio Tinto. Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | February 27, 2022 | 6:25 am
South America Snapshot: Eight companies exploring and developing new mines The need for battery metals is propelling many projects in resource-rich South America, but gold and silver projects retain their appeal, too. Marilyn Scales - The Northern Miner | February 25, 2022 | 3:10 pm
Iamgold reports fire at Côté batch plant The fire at the Côté gold project in Ontario was extinguished and no injuries were reported. MINING.COM Staff Writer | February 25, 2022 | 2:31 pm
Vale to pay $46m for failing to meet deadline to decommission tailings dams The company will also undertake a series of obligations to remove all of its upstream tailing dams. Reuters | February 25, 2022 | 1:08 pm