December 23, 2022

New calls for banning coal as punishment at Christmas

An article in the British Medical Journal makes the environmental case for ending what the authors call an “outdated and potentially harmful” tradition.

December 22, 2022

Metals processing company Nth Cycle awarded $2.1 million US Department of Energy Grant

Grant part of the Battery Materials and Battery Manufacturing and Recycling Funding Opportunity program of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.

December 22, 2022

Prices will fall across metals and mining in 2023 – Woodmac

Commodity research firm says production growth, weaker demand and negative sentiment in the industry will see iron ore, copper and industrial metals sink next year.

December 22, 2022

Gold price backpedals as new US economic data gives boost to dollar

Gold prices are on track for a second consecutive yearly decline, with prices down more than $250 since March highs.

December 22, 2022

JPMorgan announces new climate targets covering iron, steel

The bank this year ranks as the sixth-largest arranger of loans and bond sales for oil, gas and coal companies.

December 22, 2022

How virtual reality makes geology more accessible

Students and other people interested in geology can have a ‘dry run’ experience and review techniques before reaching an actual site.

December 22, 2022

Conservationists move to permanently protect areas around proposed Pebble mine

The United States' top environmental non-profit and a regional land trust have raised $20 million to permanently protect 44,000 acres of land.

December 21, 2022

California congressman perfectly sums up what is wrong with US mining policy

MINING.COM watches a House Natural Resources committee meeting so you don't have to.

December 21, 2022

Does Elon Musk still want to be the CEO of Tesla?

“Of course, I prefer Elon to be CEO but he abandoned Tesla,” Leo KoGuan, one of Tesla’s biggest individual shareholders, tweeted last week.

December 21, 2022

Gold price holds gains driven by fallout from surprise BOJ yield pivot

Gold steadied after rallying on Tuesday as the Bank of Japan’s unexpected yield-curve-control policy rattled markets and weighed on the dollar.