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Saving the earth with electric cars means wrecking a fragile desert

Extracting Atacama’s lithium means pumping large amounts of water and churning up salty mud known as brine—and that’s having an irreversible impact on the local environment.

Bloomberg News | June 11, 2019 | 10:45 am

This 50-year chart shows just how undervalued commodities are

New study plotting US equities against raw material prices going back to 1970 points to 112% upside for commodities just to return to trend.

Frik Els | June 7, 2019 | 4:04 pm

US tariffs will send Mexico gold, silver abroad for processing

Donald Trump’s tariffs targeting Mexico risks backfiring on the US, at least in the global metals market.

Bloomberg News | June 7, 2019 | 2:26 pm

Outback town that rivaled Manhattan’s prices now gathers dust

Of all the mining-town booms spawned by China’s insatiable appetite for minerals, few were as epic as that of Australia’s Port Hedland.

| June 7, 2019 | 2:07 pm

Major miners reveal tailings dam data, action plans following disasters

In April, ethical investors working on a global standard for tailings dams had written to 683 listed resource companies, including major miners, asking for information to be made public within 45 days about every facility they control.

Reuters | June 7, 2019 | 9:37 am

Toro Gold hires bank to explore sale as IPO plans shelved — sources

The West Africa-focused junior hired boutique investment bank Raymond James to explore putting itself up for sale after shelving plans to list its shares in London.

Reuters | June 7, 2019 | 7:03 am