January 13, 2021 Bam Bam expands Majuba Hill copper project The Canadian miner grew the size of its Nevada project by almost 75%.
January 12, 2021 Gold investors target ‘excessive’ executive payouts amid deals Investors critical of lavish executive payouts plan to vote down compensation at upcoming annual shareholder meetings.
January 11, 2021 US steel groups, union urge Biden to keep Trump’s steel tariffs in place Trump's Commerce Department imposed the Section 232 metals tariffs -- 25% on steel and 10% on aluminum -- in March 2018.
January 11, 2021 Alaska Governor to appeal Pebble permit denial Governor Mike Dunleavy announced his administration will formally appeal the US Army Corps of Engineers’ denial of a key federal permit for the project.
January 11, 2021 BHP invests in startup seeking to make emissions-free steel Boston Metal is developing a method to replace coking coal in the steelmaking process with electricity, reducing emissions.
January 11, 2021 Funds still in the driving seat as copper hits fresh highs Copper has been wrapped into a larger reflationary trade which leaves it exposed to broader market turbulence such as a sell-off in global equity markets.
January 11, 2021 Spearmint could launch lithium-focused subsidiary The Canadian miner said the spinout would allow for its assets to be properly valued.
January 11, 2021 Jim Bob Moffett, co-founder of Freeport, dies at 82 On his watch, the company rode an unprecedented commodities boom, expanding to challenge Codelco as the world’s biggest copper miner.
January 10, 2021 Scientists use microwave oven to turn coal into graphite Nano-graphite was obtained from coal by using copper foil, glass containers and a conventional household microwave oven.
January 8, 2021 The periodic table of commodity returns U.S. Global Investors traces 10 years of commodity price performance.
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