December 28, 2022

Mammoet launches emissions monitoring system

Dubbed DAISY, Mammoet’s new system transmits emissions data from local devices attached to the embedded systems of cranes and heavy haulers.

December 28, 2022

Ferrexpo owner Zhevago to step down from board after arrest

Ukraine put him on the international wanted list in 2019.

December 27, 2022

Three cathode chemistries to dominate $430bln-Li-ion market – report

According to IDTechEx, NMC, NCA, and LFP will continue to be the dominant cathode materials at least until 2033.

December 27, 2022

RANKED: World’s richest diamond mines

The Mining Intelligence latest top ten list ranks the world’s richest diamond mines, delineated by production and estimated value.

December 26, 2022

Turns out that gold objects were also valued during the Bronze Age

Archaeologists identified a 4000-year-old gold-working toolkit amongst the grave goods from an important Bronze Age burial near Stonehenge.

December 23, 2022

Hedge funds lose court fight for LME disclosure of nickel crisis communications

The firms are challenging moves by the LME, which cancelled about $3.9 billion worth of trades on March 8.

December 23, 2022

New calls for banning coal as punishment at Christmas

An article in the British Medical Journal makes the environmental case for ending what the authors call an “outdated and potentially harmful” tradition.

December 22, 2022

Prices will fall across metals and mining in 2023 – Woodmac

Commodity research firm says production growth, weaker demand and negative sentiment in the industry will see iron ore, copper and industrial metals sink next year.

December 22, 2022

BHP set to face $12 billion UK suit over Brazil dam disaster

An eight-week hearing is scheduled to proceed almost nine years after the dam collapse.

December 21, 2022

Researchers chart environmentally friendlier methods to produce nitrogen fertilizer

Scientists are proposing the idea of ditching coal and natural gas to produce nitrogen fertilizer.