September 25, 2020

Visualizing the range of EVs on major highway routes

2020 all-electric vehicle range on well-recognized routes, from California’s I-5 in the U.S. to the A3 autobahn in Germany.

September 25, 2020

Zero-emission mining equipment aces reliability test at subarctic mine

Battery-powered machines were tested at Agnico Eagle’s Kittilä mine in northern Finland, close to the Arctic Circle.

September 25, 2020

Poland to close coal mines by 2049 in deal with unions

Government will implement a gradual closure of the remaining coal mines.

September 24, 2020

Mines are the biggest holes in Tesla’s $25,000 car plans

“We sorta take a chunk of dirt out of the ground, remove the lithium, and put the chunk of dirt back where it was. It will not look, like, terrible.…

September 24, 2020

European producers welcome EU provisional duties on China aluminum

The provisional duties are expected to be imposed by Oct. 15 while the investigation is due to be finalised in April 2021.

September 24, 2020

Rhodium price rockets to all-time high

Rhodium price surges on tight supply, forcing miners to buy on spot market to fulfill contracts.

September 24, 2020

Poland gets closer to coal phase-out

Polish authorities say agreement with mining unions on a plan to exit coal is imminent.

September 24, 2020

First defined diamond grading system ratified

ISO 24016 is to be used for the grading and description of single unmounted polished diamonds of more than 0.25 carats.

September 23, 2020

Polyus to buy out partner in Sukhoi Log project

The gold deposit in Siberia is estimated to contain a fifth of Russia's gold reserves.

September 23, 2020

Eurobattery Minerals finds econo-grade nickel sulphide at Corcel

According to the Swedish company, mineral studies determined the predominant Ni-sulphide mineral to be pentlandite.