April 7, 2021

Eight companies developing battery metals

As the world moves away from fossil fuels, battery metals are in high demand, especially with a shortage of supply from low-geopolitical risk jurisdictions.

April 7, 2021

Canadian miners subject to tougher tailings standards

The Mining Association of Canada (MAC) has updated its tailings standards and it now meets or exceeds most global guidelines.

April 6, 2021

Panoramic Resources to restart nickel project in Australia

To support the resuming of operations, Panoramic has entered a five-year nickel and copper concentrate offtake agreement with Trafigura Group.

April 5, 2021

Barrick ready to sign deal to reopen Porgera mine

Papua New Guinea's prime minister has announced an imminent agreement to bring the mine back into operations.

April 1, 2021

DeepGreen hits backs at firms opposing seafloor mining

Supporting a deep-sea mining moratorium is backing the environmental and social ills that come from land extraction, the company says.

March 31, 2021

Vale sells New Caledonia nickel assets to Trafigura

Vale said it will have a supply contract with the Trafigura-led consortium to off-take part of the nickel produced there.

March 31, 2021

BMW, Volvo, Google and Samsung call for ban on deep-sea mining

They are the first global companies to have signed up a World Wildlife Fund (WWF) call for a moratorium on mining the seabed.

March 30, 2021

Top iron ore producer forecasts 50% fall in price

Australia’s chief economist expects iron ore to trade nearly $100/tonne below today’s price by end of next year and no return to triple digits.

March 26, 2021

Vital Metals to become Canada’s first rare earths miner

The Australian miner said the mining fleet was mobilized to the site this week and operations will begin before the end of March.

March 26, 2021

New South Wales approves $484m solar farm

The Culcairn solar farm is being developed by Neoen Australia.