January 18, 2023

Molybdenum price in Europe hits record high

"There is zero availability on the ground and some people actually flew some material from China."

January 10, 2023

Surging molybdenum price adds weight to new year rally for copper producers

Copper mining byproduct molybdenum is up more than 50% in a little over a month, boosting margins for producers.

January 9, 2023

Top 50 mining companies in 2022: coal, lithium win big, China investors lose out

Commodity prices are always volatile, but in 2022 metal and mining markets reached new levels of turbulence, as the pandemic played out in China and the Ukraine war upended global…

December 22, 2022

Conservationists move to permanently protect areas around proposed Pebble mine

The United States' top environmental non-profit and a regional land trust have raised $20 million to permanently protect 44,000 acres of land.

December 6, 2022

Probe Metals, Midland make polymetallic discovery at La Peltrie in Quebec

According to Probe, the breadth of the discovery indicates the potential for a large mineralized system.

December 1, 2022

Biden moves to bar mining waste in Alaska, blocking Pebble mine

The EPA issued a formal recommendation Thursday to bar the disposal of mining waste in Bristol Bay, which hosts the world’s largest harvest of sockeye salmon.

November 24, 2022

RANKED: World’s top 10 biggest mines by ore throughput in 2022

The amount of tonnes of ore extracted from the earth in a day is vast at the world’s largest mines — owned and operated by the majors of the industry.

November 24, 2022

How molybdenum is helping reveal secrets of the deep earth

Molybdenum isotopes are helping researchers determine the composition of magmatic rocks, therefore revealing the structure of the subduction zone.

November 15, 2022

Northern Dynasty updates Pebble PEA, showing minimal impact of royalty financing

The 2022 PEA also assesses the royalty's impact on the projected results for the three potential mine expansion scenarios.

November 10, 2022

France puts future of deep sea mining in doubt

A growing number of member states of the ISA have called for a “precautionary pause” or moratorium on mining due to the lack of scientific data on fragile and biodiverse…