January 17, 2019 Cornish secures further funding to build lithium mine in UK The funds will enable the company to expand activities in south-west England and to drill exploratory boreholes to extract samples of lithium-bearing brines.
January 16, 2019 Robots go to the “bottom”: development forecasts for automated mining systems in 2019 It has always been difficult to bring miners to experiment in the production, which has been developing for centuries.
January 16, 2019 Poland’s KGHM expects 2019 average copper price at $6,100-6,300/t "We refer to lower end of copper price range forecast by analysts and we assume an average copper price at $6,100-$6,300 per tonne."
January 16, 2019 EU agrees to extend steel import curbs until 2021 All steel imports will be subject to an effective cap until July 2021 to counter concerns of EU producers that European markets could be flooded by steel.
January 15, 2019 Mining’s biggest jobs are up for grabs. Here are the contenders Some of the mining world’s top executives are starting to plan their departures.
January 15, 2019 Electric cars seen getting cleaner even where grids rely on coal The global share of zero-carbon electricity generation is set to increase from 38 percent last year to 63 percent by 2040.
January 14, 2019 Russia’s Alrosa back to mining diamonds in Zimbabwe The world’s top diamond producer by output, is returning to Zimbabwe after almost two years, as the company continues to expand beyond Russia.
January 13, 2019 Merkel seeks to heal rift over role of coal in Germany’s economy The Chancellor will use a Tuesday dinner meeting in Berlin to press a panel plotting an exit from the world’s most widely used power-plant fuel.
January 13, 2019 How lapis lazuli helped uncover the role of women in the creation of medieval manuscripts Prior to this discovery, it was thought that mainly men were allowed to use the blue stone.
January 11, 2019 ALROSA increases rough and polished diamond sales to $4.5B ALROSA saw a 6% growth in its diamond sales last year.
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
