March 17, 2021 China backing autocratic regimes to secure resources — report Autocratic regimes represent for Beijing greater supply stability than democracies that are, or may become, hostile to China, Verisk Maplecroft says.
March 7, 2021 Nornickel to provide $2bn for Norilsk’s development Industrial waste clean-up is among the priorities set up in a deal signed between the miner and federal government and regional authorities.
March 4, 2021 Resource nationalism surge spells rough times for miners Resource nationalism has been on the rise over the past year, but Verisk Maplecroft believes the worst is yet to come for miners as governments try to claw back the…
February 28, 2021 Tycoon Usmanov’s firms to build plant for greener iron products USM and Metalloinvest Holding Co.’s iron ore mine plan to make 2 million tons of hot-briquetted iron per year.
February 21, 2021 Three people die in partial collapse of Nornickel’s Arctic processing plant The plant located in Arctic Siberia partially collapsed during maintenance.
February 16, 2021 Adding copper salts to coal may increase combustion efficiency – study Russian researchers found that adding copper salts to coal reduces the content of unburnt carbon in ash residue by 3.1 times and CO content by 40%.
February 15, 2021 ALROSA sells $10m at year’s first diamond auction in Dubai Demand for our rough began to recover late last year and now remains stable, the miner said.
February 12, 2021 Polyus switches 90% of its energy consumption to renewables Company expects to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in 2021 by almost half.
February 8, 2021 Mongolia asks Rio Tinto to mutually cancel Oyu Tolgoi deal Rather than acting unilaterally, the government has asked Rio to mutually terminate the current contract.
February 8, 2021 Gold-decorated titanium dioxide nanoparticles can speed up water desalination The nanoparticles are able to absorb about 96% of the solar spectrum and turn it into heat.
USA Rare Earth to build plant in France with gov’t backing USAR's proposed facility has a capacity of 3,750 metric tons per annum and will be co-located at the Caremag oxide facility. January 20, 2026 | 09:05 am
