October 27, 2021 Rio Tinto and USGS team up for Montana critical mineral hunt The USGS will deploy its hi-tech Earth MRI to look for critical minerals.
October 27, 2021 Antofagasta to appeal US plan to block Twin Metals copper mine The company said the move by the Forest Service was "politically motivated and completely unnecessary."
October 26, 2021 TSLA la land: Tesla vs Volkswagen 2021 battery power comparison Head to head, gigawatt for gigawatt Tesla vs Volkswagen’s electric car only sales show just how out of whack TSLA’s $1 trillion valuation really is.
October 26, 2021 Citric acid can be used to extract rare earth metals from coal ash The method, if widely adopted, could turn coal ash from an environmental pariah into a commercially viable product, researcher says.
October 25, 2021 Caterpillar gears up for green energy transition, automation age MINING.COM sits down for a conversation with Denise Johnson, Caterpillar’s mining chief, to talk about the future of mining and the trends shaping the industry.
October 25, 2021 Cheniere to sell LNG to Glencore, keeping expansion plan on track Utilities around the world are competing for LNG cargoes to fill dangerously low gas stockpiles in Europe.
October 25, 2021 Gold price back above $1,800 as Fed prepares to taper asset purchases “There is some short-term momentum building in gold as some investors look for an inflation hedge," one analyst says.
October 24, 2021 What automation, AI, AR and robotics mean for the future of work in mining A new report by Wikistrat and idoba analyzes the impacts that technological developments and ESG issues are likely to have on workers in the mining industry.
October 22, 2021 US appeals court hints at support for Rio’s Resolution copper mine A federal appeal court on Friday questioned whether it had the power to override an act of Congress that gave Rio Tinto land in Arizona for its Resolution copper mine.
October 22, 2021 Apple’s talks with Chinese battery makers mostly stalled CATL and BYD informed Apple sometime in the past two months that they were not able to meet its requirements.
Copper price racks up longest rally since 2017 with bulls at the helm Futures have rallied by more than 40% this year, setting up the biggest annual advance since 2009. December 30, 2025 | 09:12 am
