Volvo and Northvolt team up to build new battery gigafactory in Europe
Partnership will help Volvo’s efforts to make half of its cars fully electric by mid-decade and all of them 100% electric by 2030.
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World’s first fossil-free steel plant fueled by hydrogen
Sweden’s Hybrit is developing a rock cavern storage facility for fossil-free hydrogen gas, which will be used in the pilot plant for direct reduction in Luleå.
Cornish Lithium raises over $8m to boost UK projects
It's now valued at just over £80m (about $111m) — double its valuation when it last tapped investors in October.
China tightens grip on coal market as prices continue to rise
Chinese regulators shut more coal mines amid rising concern over industrial accidents.
Hudbay says underground mining at Lalor mine halted after fatality
No other personnel were injured and the scene has been secured, company says.
Climate ‘bad banks’ dedicated to running down coal mines
Investing in coal mine 'bad banks' not necessarily sustainable.
Mining companies in Chile seek input into the country’s new constitution
The Mining Council wrote a document outlining how the companies would like to operate under the new constitution.
S. African ‘diamond rush’ unearths only quartz crystals, officials say
Unidentified stones that lured thousands of fortune seekers to a rural South African village to mine the land with picks and shovels were not diamonds as hoped, officials said on Sunday.
Europe taking steps to cut reliance on China for raw materials
The European Commissioner for Internal Market called on member states to boost partnerships with resource-rich countries and explore sustainable mining in the EU.