September 21, 2021

Mountaintop coal mining threatens Appalachian biodiversity

New research shows that streams from heavily mined watersheds in the Appalachian mountains harbour 40% fewer species than streams with cleaner water.

September 20, 2021

Gold price edges higher as havens rally on growing Evergrande fears

Gold has lost 8% this year as central banks plot a course toward cutting the unprecedented monetary stimulus.

September 20, 2021

Mining stocks carnage as iron ore, copper prices fall

Iron ore prices went into freefall and copper slumped on Monday as worries about an Lehman-style collapse in China slammed global metals markets.

September 20, 2021

World Copper signs definitive deal to acquire Zonia project in Arizona

Zonia is a near-surface, copper-oxide resource and a brownfields site mined in the late 1960s and 70s.

September 20, 2021

Rainbow Rare Earths to use special separation tech at South Africa project

The company will apply Florida, US-based K-Technologies' separation method in its Phalaborwa rare earths project in South Africa.

September 20, 2021

US coal miners could be next in line for industry bailouts

Abandoned mines pose both a physical danger as well as a climate threat in the US.

September 20, 2021

Bill Gates secures $1bn from US firms for climate fight

Backers include Microsoft, BlackRock, General Motors, American Airlines, Boston Consulting Group, Bank of America and ArcelorMittal.

September 20, 2021

Sewer gas could be used to produce clean hydrogen fuel

US-based researchers are looking into the possibility of producing hydrogen fuel from hydrogen sulphide, also known as sewer gas.

September 16, 2021

American Pacific shares surge on ‘bonanza’ grabs from expanded Nevada land package

The company will acquire assets from Ubica Gold, gaining 77 claims at Tuscarora.

September 16, 2021

Global passenger EV registrations more than double in a year – report

Adamas Intelligence found 4.16 million new units were registered in first half of this year versus 1.99 million units in the first half of 2020.