October 31, 2021

While China will continue to use rare earths in EVs, Europe trying different options – report

According to IDTechEx, Europe is making efforts to decrease the utilization of magnetic materials and especially heavy rare earths in its electric vehicles.

October 30, 2021

US, EU end Trump-era tariff war over steel, aluminum

The decision ends one of the biggest areas of friction between the allies.

October 29, 2021

Glencore expects trading division to beat 2021 guidance

High prices for coal and other commodities are helping miners despite lower production in some cases.

October 29, 2021

Miners look to carbon capture to move beyond net zero

The global race to carbon neutrality is a double-edged sword for the metals and mining sector, writes Andy Home.

October 29, 2021

Anglo American to halve indirect emissions by 2040

Success of its fresh target for Scope 3 emissions reduction depends on the steel sector cutting its own and global policies, Anglo said.

October 28, 2021

COP26 will be a colossal mining cop-out

New report lays out how the green energy transition “starts and ends with metals” but the required exponential growth in mining is a glaring hole in US and global decarbonisation…

October 27, 2021

Rio Tinto to host world’s first carbon mineral storage hub near Iceland smelter

Iceland-based Carbfix will use Rio Tinto’s land surrounding the ISAL smelter for onshore CO2 injection.

October 26, 2021

Vulcan Energy accused of misleading investors with positive PFS — report

J Capital alleges Vulcan's management team low-balled the costs, thus making the project look profitable, and overstated the quality of the resource.

October 26, 2021

TSLA la land: Tesla vs Volkswagen 2021 battery power comparison

Head to head, gigawatt for gigawatt Tesla vs Volkswagen’s electric car only sales show just how out of whack TSLA’s $1 trillion valuation really is.

October 26, 2021

Europe’s magnesium crunch poses another carbon conundrum

Magnesium seems to have slipped beneath the collective radar, writes Andy Home.