October 11, 2021 Scientists explore possibility of mining iron, nickel, cobalt-rich near-earth asteroids Metal-rich asteroids are similar to some stony-iron meteorites found on Earth.
October 8, 2021 Musk to move Tesla headquarters to Texas from California Elon Musk announced the move at the Austin plant Thursday during the electric-vehicle maker’s shareholder meeting.
October 7, 2021 Coal industry is getting ample funding to pile into new plants Less than 5% of the firms on the Global Coal Exit List have announced a coal exit date, according to a report.
October 6, 2021 Iron ore price rout hacks $160 billion off Top 50 mining stocks Iron ore’s whitenuckle descent took a chunk out of the MINING.COM TOP 50 ranking of the world’s most valuable miners amid a continuing rally in uranium, coal and lithium prices.
October 6, 2021 Group Ten Metals close to initial resource for Stillwater West project in Montana Group Ten is bringing PGM bulk mining to North America for the first time, CEO says.
October 6, 2021 HighGold shares surge on ‘game-changing’ Alaska project drill results The first hole at DC returned bonanza grades of 577.9 g/t Au and 2,023 g/t Ag.
October 6, 2021 GM, General Electric to develop supply chain of rare earth materials for EVs Partnership will evaluate ways to improve supplies of heavy and light rare earth materials and magnets, copper and electrical steel.
October 6, 2021 Gold Resource to buy Aquila in $30 million deal The new miner will be an intermediate gold producer once Aquila’s Back Forty zinc and copper project in Michigan begins production.
October 5, 2021 Senators blast new US mining royalty plan as anti-green, pro-China "You can’t make this stuff up. House Democrats are planning to tax dirt,” said one Senator.
October 4, 2021 Alcoa joins metal firms in pledge to eliminate emissions by 2050 Alcoa will cut its direct and some indirect emissions -- known as Scope 1 and Scope 2 -- from aluminum smelting and alumina refining operations.
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
