February 6, 2023

Savannah Resources aims to cut Portugal lithium mine’s direct emissions to zero

The Barroso project's indirect emissions could be lowered by 54% from the original estimate, thanks to a reduction in power needs.

February 6, 2023

Australian startup Recharge to buy failed Britishvolt

Recharge Industries will simultaneously work on Britishvolt’s planned “gigafactory” in England and a plant in Australia.

February 6, 2023

Burkina Faso denies favouring Nordgold over gold mine permit

Burkina Faso did not award a mining permit to Nordgold because it is a Russian company, its mines minister said.

February 6, 2023

Aurubis Q1 profit drops on high power prices; optimistic for full year

Aurubis posted a fall of about 24% in quarterly earnings on Monday.

February 6, 2023

Sibanye-Stillwater gets key permit for Keliber lithium project

With Keliber, Sibanye-Stillwater seeks a foothold in the European battery metals market.

February 5, 2023

UK grid asks coal reserve to prepare as cold snap looms

The Uniper SE-owned unit at the Ratcliffe plant in central England is warming and will be ready to provide power by 12:25 p.m. London time on Tuesday.

February 5, 2023

Tenaris says Benteler N.America halts sale of steel pipe business

Benteler North America Corp has called off a previously announced agreement to sell 100% of its shares in its steel pipe business to Tenaris.

February 4, 2023

Scholz is learning that it’s not easy going green

Under Scholz’s stewardship, the German industry is struggling to find new technologies and trade partners to provide the backbone for the coming green transformation.  

February 3, 2023

Alcoa says workers back 2024 restart of aluminum smelter in Spain

The US metals producer had reached a deal with workers in December 2021 to end primary aluminum production at San Ciprian.

February 3, 2023

Lykos Metals finds large gold deposits at Bosnia project

The concentration of gold at some locations was as much as 27.5 g/t in a continuous line of 60 metres.