July 20, 2022

Kenorland Minerals options Alaska copper project to Antofagasta

The Chilean miner could own 70% of the Tanacross copper-gold project in Alaska, by spending $30 million on exploration over eight years.

July 20, 2022

PolyMet and Teck form JV to develop Minnesota mining projects

The new company, known as NewRange Copper Nickel LLC, will share costs to develop two proposed copper and nickel mines.

July 20, 2022

Amorphous carbon may be useful for solar energy conversion

Researchers are using a new framework for understanding the electronic properties of amorphous carbon.

July 19, 2022

How the Idaho cobalt belt could be North America’s secret to growing EV production

Early indications are that Idaho offers multiple encouraging deposits with opportunities to supply the North American EV supply chain.

July 19, 2022

White House considers emergency declaration to fight climate change

Biden will outline his moves in a speech Wednesday at a shuttered coal-fired power plant in Massachusetts.

July 18, 2022

Spoofing gold price ‘common’ at Bear Stearns, ex-trader says

“It was pretty widespread” on the precious-metals trading desk, said Corey Flaum, a gold and silver trader.

July 18, 2022

Gold price rebounds from near 11-month low as dollar retreats

Prices bounced as much as 0.9% on Monday as the dollar declined for a second day.

July 18, 2022

Governments turn against deep-sea mining as EV boom drives demand for metals

The deep ocean contains the largest estimated deposits of minerals on the planet, potentially worth trillions of dollars.

July 18, 2022

Feeding copper to microbes may help curb GHG emissions

Copper is key to avoiding the production of nitrous oxide, the third most potent greenhouse gas.

July 16, 2022

Wall Street set for new ETF gold rush as single-stock era begins

The booming world of exchange-traded funds is about to get even more crowded after the very first single-equity ETFs launched Thursday.