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An article in the British Medical Journal makes the environmental case for ending what the authors call an “outdated and potentially harmful” tradition.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

December 21, 2022

Terrafame to start mining uranium in Finland by mid-2024

The miner will extract uranium as a byproduct of zinc and nickel production and aims to produce 200 tonnes per year by 2026.

December 20, 2022

Burkina Faso denies it paid Russian fighters with mine rights

Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo caused a controversy by stating last week that Burkina Faso had hired mercenaries from Russia's Wagner group to help it fight Islamist militants.