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.
January 6, 2022 Silicon anode startups snagged $1.9bn in funding over the past decade – report According to IDTechEx, growing interest in silicon anode technology allowed junior players to obtain $1.9 billion in funding over the last decade.
January 5, 2022 Uranium price surges as unrest grips world’s top supplier Kazakhstan The Central Asian nation produces more than 40% of the world’s uranium.
January 5, 2022 Glencore’s former top copper trader joins digital metal startup Ex-head of copper marketing, Nico Paraskevas, joined Open Mineral as a senior adviser after investing in the digital metals trading startup.
US urges partners and allies to increase critical minerals supply chain resiliency Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent hosted his counterparts in Washington to discuss solutions to secure and diversify supply chains for critical minerals. January 12, 2026 | 03:08 pm
