July 8, 2020

Greenfields Exploration wants to snap up third of Greenland licences

It has identified a "shopping list of high-quality acquisitions" in the country, equivalent to about 28% of all areas under license.

July 8, 2020

Nornickel rejects $2.1 billion fuel spill charge

The company estimated clean-up costs to be $150 million.

July 7, 2020

Gold price vaults $1,800 – highest since September 2011

Scramble for gold-backed ETFs reaches fever pitch with $40 billion of bullion snapped up so far this year.

July 7, 2020

Electric vehicles are starting to buoy the global metals market

The world’s largest producer of lithium is expecting a market turnaround by 2022.

July 7, 2020

Cornish Lithium gets over $1m funding boost for UK project

The company will use the money raised to continue exploration for lithium in Cornwall, in both geothermal waters and hard rock.

July 6, 2020

Arctic diesel spill caused $2 billion damage, Russia says

The vast majority of the damage was to waterways that are linked to the Kara Sea.

July 3, 2020

Chaos in gold markets ripples to other precious metals

Silver and platinum futures have traded at elevated levels relative to spot metals since early April.

July 3, 2020

Russia halts Nornickel power unit after fuel spill

Company suspended operations at six facilities for 90 days.

July 3, 2020

Moon richer in metals than previously thought — NASA

Scientists found the lunar subsurface contains higher concentration of iron and titanium than estimated.

July 3, 2020

Germany’s plan to exit coal by 2038 made law

The lower house of parliament has passed a bill on the country’s exit from coal as a power source.