June 21, 2021

GRAPHICS: What’s the plan? Corporate polluters lag on setting climate goals

More than 40 of the world's 250 biggest corporate emitters - or 16% - are only just starting to assess their emissions, report shows.

June 21, 2021

Russian billionaire Potanin will not join in Nornickel buyback

Potanin owns a 34.6% stake in Nornickel, which plans to buy up to 3.4% of its shares for $2-billion.

June 21, 2021

Volvo and Northvolt team up to build new battery gigafactory in Europe

Partnership will help Volvo’s efforts to make half of its cars fully electric by mid-decade and all of them 100% electric by 2030.

June 21, 2021

World’s first fossil-free steel plant fueled by hydrogen

Sweden’s Hybrit is developing a rock cavern storage facility for fossil-free hydrogen gas, which will be used in the pilot plant for direct reduction in Luleå.

June 21, 2021

Cornish Lithium raises over $8m to boost UK projects

It's now valued at just over £80m (about $111m) — double its valuation when it last tapped investors in October.

June 20, 2021

Europe taking steps to cut reliance on China for raw materials

The European Commissioner for Internal Market called on member states to boost partnerships with resource-rich countries and explore sustainable mining in the EU.

June 20, 2021

The climate change fight is adding to the global inflation scare

The potential price hit from the green revolution is adding to the arguments about the inflation outlook that are already brewing.

June 19, 2021

Base metals demand expected to benefit from green revolution – report

A report by the CRU Group states that EVs and renewables are expected to support the demand for zinc, copper, and nickel.

June 18, 2021

Troubled gold miner sold stake for 75% less than rival proposal

Crisis-hit gold miner Petropavlovsk Plc accepted a bid for an iron ore investment, even as another bidder was prepared to pay four times as much.

June 18, 2021

Anglo commits to provide eDNA data to protect biodiversity

Anglo American has become the first mining company to subscribe to the IUCN’s eBioAtlas.