April 27, 2022

Iron man Elon Musk places his Tesla battery bets

Nearly half of the vehicles Tesla produced in Q1 were equipped with LFP batteries - a cheaper rival to the nickel-and-cobalt-based cells that dominate in the West.

April 27, 2022

Column: Global miners rank ESG as their top concern. Really?

Not one of the biggest listed Western stage.mining.companies has an executive with the title of chief ESG officer, writes Clyde Russell.

April 27, 2022

Column: Automakers go back to the future to secure battery metals

Henry Ford was right all along, it turns out.

April 27, 2022

Australian universities get $173m in funding to turn critical minerals into products, services

The funds will go towards the development of the Resources Technology and Critical Minerals Trailblazer hub.

April 27, 2022

Apple, Tesla, Intel could be using conflict minerals due to faulty scheme

Global Witness says it is not the companies but the ITSCI certification scheme they rely on to vet their suppliers where the problem lies.

April 26, 2022

9 factors sparking the future of mining and mineral exploration in British Columbia

B.C.’s natural potential for mineral exploration, combined with jurisdictional advantages, makes it one of Canada’s prime locations for the mining industry.

April 25, 2022

Palladium One reports near 250% increase in LK indicated resources in Finland

The new resource encompasses three open-pits in the Kaukua area, including an initial resource for Kaukua South and Murtolampi, and one at Haukiaho.

April 22, 2022

Glencore cobalt mine scrutinized as Congo revisits foreign deals

The country added the Mutanda mine to a list of projects that could face renegotiation.

April 20, 2022

Fortune Minerals confirms continuity of mineralization at NICO deposit

Recent drilling successfully confirmed continuity of cobalt-gold-bismuth and local copper mineralization in the Peanut Lake zone.

April 19, 2022

South Africa says Durban port functional after flood devastation

A backlog of thousands of containers will be cleared within five to six days, the public enterprises minister said.