November 2, 2021 New contactless mechanism to monitor phosphates, pH enhances safety of nuclear fuel recycling Two PNNL interns developed a contactless technique to better measure, in real-time, the acidity of highly radioactive solutions.
November 1, 2021 Ganfeng Lithium lands three-year supply deal with Tesla The Chinese firm will provide battery grade lithium hydroxide products to the electric vehicle maker from 2022 to 2024.
October 31, 2021 COP26: What G-20 leaders agreed on coal, methane, net-zero Politicians promised to stop financing overseas coal plants, tackle methane leaks and take greater action this decade to limit global warming.
October 31, 2021 EU and US end clash over steel and aluminium, take aim at China’s ‘dirty’ steel The future EU-US arrangement will be a challenge for China, which produces more than half of the world's steel.
October 30, 2021 US, EU end Trump-era tariff war over steel, aluminum The decision ends one of the biggest areas of friction between the allies.
October 29, 2021 Inexorable decline of EV battery prices coming to an end – report EV battery costs were approaching parity with gas-powered cars, but Benchmark believes decline may be at an end as lithium prices surge 313% in a year and cobalt, nickel prices…
October 29, 2021 US coal miners are ‘sold out’ for 2022 Almost every lump of coal that US miners will dig out of the ground next year has already been sold.
October 29, 2021 Miners look to carbon capture to move beyond net zero The global race to carbon neutrality is a double-edged sword for the metals and mining sector, writes Andy Home.
October 28, 2021 COP26 will be a colossal mining cop-out New report lays out how the green energy transition “starts and ends with metals” but the required exponential growth in mining is a glaring hole in US and global decarbonisation…
October 28, 2021 Vale receives notice from SEC ahead of potential probe The SEC investigation would try to find evidence of "misconduct" related to public disclosures after a dam disaster in the town of Brumadinho.
China pledges to control steel output during 2026-2030 period In the first 11 months of 2025, China's crude steel output fell 4% from a year earlier. December 27, 2025 | 08:20 am
