January 10, 2022 Vulcan Energy, Frankfurt-based Nobian seek to develop lithium plant The potential deal comes as demand for lithium hydroxide sees a surge due to shifting preferences towards electric cars.
January 10, 2022 LME’s metal trading hit lowest since 2010 despite record prices Volumes declined for a third year, extending a slump seen in 2020 amid falling industrial output and the closure of its open-outcry pit.
January 10, 2022 France plans $1.1 billion to safeguard metals for EV batteries New report calls for spending on “strategic metals” supply that could include investment in mines.
January 10, 2022 Mawson receives key decisions for Rajapalot gold-cobalt project in Finland Lapland council voted 42-6 in favour of developing the deposit.
January 10, 2022 Norway’s Yara to stop buying potash from Belarus due to sanctions Western powers accuse Belarus' President Alexander Lukashenko of rigging a 2020 presidential election and have piled sanctions on his regime.
January 9, 2022 Gold catalyst helps transform methane into methanol, acetic acid Researchers produced methanol and acetic acid by reacting methane with oxygen in the presence of a catalyst made from gold and the zeolite ZSM-5.
January 8, 2022 Energy transition is upside risk to ECB forecasts, Schnabel says The European Central Bank’s inflation forecasts may need to be revised upward because of the continent’s attempts to cut carbon emissions.
January 7, 2022 Irish central bank added to gold reserves in November The Irish central bank added 78 million euros ($88 million) to its gold reserves in November.
January 7, 2022 Czechs look to exit coal by 2033 despite calls to move faster Experts say new target might not be soon enough to keep global temperatures warming below 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.
January 7, 2022 Europe’s power crunch sparks aluminum smelter meltdown Four operators have announced curtailments totalling over half a million tonnes of annual production capacity, reports Andy Home.
Iamgold’s Lemelin thanks mentor for Africa option Bruno Lemelin recalls his first Iamgold boss urging him to join Essakane in Burkina Faso as regional politics began to unravel. December 26, 2025 | 05:00 am
