April 6, 2021 Greenpeace stages Pacific Ocean protest against deep-sea mining Last week BMW, Volvo Group, Samsung SDI and Google signed on to a World Wildlife Fund call for a moratorium on the practice.
April 6, 2021 Boliden sees 300m SEK hit from covid-19, production snags in Q1 The Swedish firm had previously forecast a negative effect of 200 million crowns
April 6, 2021 Australian gov’t says superannuation funds should support new coal projects Australia's superannuation funds should be free to support the coal industry's expansion plans, resources minister Keith Pitt said.
April 6, 2021 India’s March gold imports surge 471% to a record 160 tonnes Higher imports by the world's second-biggest bullion consumer could support benchmark gold prices, which have corrected nearly 17% from an all-time high of $2,072 in August.
April 6, 2021 Greenland election closely watched by global mining industry Results could help decide the fate of vast deposits of rare earth metals which international companies want to exploit.
April 5, 2021 The US has a metals problem Years of neglecting its critical metal supplies is catching up with the United States, as demand for the raw materials needed to build a new green economy that rejects fossil…
April 5, 2021 The next electric-car battery champion could be European After years of ceding the EV battery business to foreign companies, Europe wants in.
April 5, 2021 Tesla’s market value set to gain $50 billion on record EV deliveries Tesla delivered 184,800 vehicles globally during the first quarter of 2021, above estimates of 177,822 vehicles.
April 5, 2021 Global copper smelting slides in March on Chinese shortages Global copper smelting slipped to the lowest levels in at least five years in March as top producer China failed to recover following the Lunar New Year holiday due to…
April 4, 2021 India delays anti-pollution rules for coal power plants again Coal plants located close to populated cities will now have to meet the standards by December 2022.
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