May 4, 2022

Barrick CEO casts doubts on a Kinross deal given pricey climate

Mark Bristow sees little value in deals for bullion producers across the board after surging commodities pushed up industry share prices.

May 4, 2022

Glencore rights record worst in green metals, group says

The alleged abuses attributed to all companies range from attacks on activists to violations of environmental laws to forced relocations.

May 3, 2022

NatWest, gold bars and bags of cash at heart of laundering suit

Jurors sitting at one of the UK’s largest ever money-laundering trials heard that the gold dealer, Fowler Oldfield, deposited some 266 million pounds ($333 million) through the bank

May 3, 2022

Kazatomprom raises revenue guidance as uranium price surges

Natural uranium product coming from Kazakhstan accounts for more than 45% of the global primary supply.

May 3, 2022

Rich nations scramble to seal coal transition deals before COP27

As they prepare for the next round of global climate talks in November, officials from rich countries are trying to pull together a series of multibillion-dollar packages to help poor countries phase…

May 2, 2022

Enough nickel, lithium for 14 million EVs in 2023 – European climate group

Global EV sales more than doubled to 4.2 million vehicles in 2021 from just over 2 million in 2020.

May 1, 2022

Green fix to replace Russian gas is stymied by Europe’s red tape

European leaders promised to scale up the continent’s renewable-power capacity while reducing imports of Russian gas, but words move faster than permits.

May 1, 2022

Europe’s Green Deal requires massive amounts of battery metals – study

About 35 times more lithium and 7 to 26 times the current amount of rare earth metals will be needed in Europe by 2050.

April 29, 2022

Far North Snapshot: Eight companies venturing into the remote north for minerals 

The mineral potential of the northern reaches of Canada, the US, and Europe remains largely untapped.

April 29, 2022

Column: Europe urgently needs an accelerator in the critical metals race

The region's import dependency on enabling metals was already high and has turned critical since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, writes Andy Home.