September 8, 2021

Conservation body calls for global moratorium on deep-sea mining

Environment officials and campaigners have called for a global moratorium on deep-sea mining and on issuing new exploration contracts unless marine ecosystems can be effectively protected.

August 23, 2021

US critical mineral imports up 7.9% y-o-y in Q2 – report

S&P Global Market Intelligence reports the volume of critical minerals flowing into the country in H1 2021 surpassed the 316,108 tonnes imported in H1 2020 by 41,209 tonnes.

August 3, 2021

Manganese X advances Battery Hill PEA

The historic estimate was 39 million tonnes at 9% manganese.

August 3, 2021

Manganese could help transform sunlight into energy more sustainably than iridium, ruthenium

Researchers have produced luminescent manganese complexes for more sustainable materials and catalysts for converting sunlight into other forms of energy.

July 28, 2021

CHARTS: Iron ore, copper price – shot… chaser

BMO Capital Markets this week made some changes to its metals and mining outlook for H2 2021, raising expectations pretty much across the board.

July 27, 2021

African nations criticize push to fast-track deep-sea mining talks

The task of agreeing on regulations by mid-2023 is "seemingly insurmountable".

July 22, 2021

How transition metals destabilize high-energy-density li-ion batteries

Japanese scientists discovered that high-valent transition metals destabilize lattice oxygen in oxide-based battery materials.

July 19, 2021

EV Metal Index quadruples year-on-year as lithium, nickel prices rally

MINING.COM’s tracker of the value of battery metals in newly sold electric cars surges from pandemic lows, grows 18% month-month as lithium and nickel prices resume upward march.

July 18, 2021

Assmang calls force majeure on manganese alloys in South Africa

Assmang halts KwaZulu-Natal manganese operations amid South African riots.

July 16, 2021

Dawn of a mining supercycle. Are you taking the fizz?

MINING.COM takes issue with a new white paper by Wood Mackenzie forecasting the varying impacts of the green energy transition on metals and mining demand.