June 27, 2021 Tin price on a tear as demand soars High prices for tin should incentivize mining activity to ramp up.
June 25, 2021 How a gold-stibnite restoration in Idaho could add antimony to US supply chain A Hallgarten & Company whitepaper published this year positions the critical mineral antimony as the "new metal in mass storage."
June 25, 2021 Caterpillar, steelmakers gain as Biden deal ups demand view Heavy-equipment maker and steelmakers surged as US president’s bipartisan $579 billion infrastructure deal buoyed the outlook for demand.
June 25, 2021 Long-duration thermal battery developed to move remote mine sites away from diesel MIT spinoff 247Solar developed a battery that uses silica sand and electric resistance coils to generate ultra-high temperature heat from clean energy sources.
June 25, 2021 London copper price rises on Biden infrastructure deal US President Joe Biden embraced a bipartisan Senate deal to spend hundreds of billions of dollars on infrastructure projects.
June 25, 2021 US Justice department backs land swap for Rio Tinto’s Arizona copper mine The DOJ filed legal briefs to oppose claims by Apache and conservationist groups, which oppose the Resolution Copper mine.
June 25, 2021 ANIMATION: Top 20 gold producing countries – 2020 Global gold production fell by 3.8 million ounces in 2020 as covid-related disruptions in South America more than offset gains in Russia and West Africa.
June 24, 2021 New hyperspectral imaging satellite expected to support mining operations Orbital Sidekick’s Aurora satellite will allow for global-scale subterranean mineral identification, surveying and monitoring.
June 24, 2021 First Cobalt starts exploration at Iron Creek, shares up Located in the Idaho Cobalt Belt, the project is considered one of the few primary cobalt deposits in the world.
June 23, 2021 Gold miners need to get greener to meet 2030 emissions targets — report Wood Mackenzie plots the forecast progress of gold miners out to 2030 against the reduction in emissions required to align with the 2°C and 1.5°C targets.
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