Biden's EV plan would create strong bull conditions in energy transition metals - report

Biden’s EV plan would create bull conditions for energy metals — report

The $2 trillion infrastructure bill would help create bull conditions in commodity markets, particularly in steel, cobalt, lithium and copper.

MINING.com Editor | April 9, 2021 | 12:42 pm

The need for a battery gold rush in US

US automakers are finally making bold commitments to electrify their fleets, but in the short-term, there may not be enough lithium-ion batteries to go around.

MINING.com Editor | April 9, 2021 | 11:57 am

Russell: BHP's petroleum exit shows oil and gas may follow coal's path to toxic status

Coal output from top 10 miners to increase by up to 6.6% in 2021 – report

This represents a recovery from last year's 4.2% decline in collective output.

MINING.com Editor | April 9, 2021 | 11:16 am

High rates of vaccine hesitancy among mine employees in Mali – report

Data gathered in southern Mali by Critical Care International suggest very few of the population would accept a vaccine if offered today.

MINING.com Editor | April 9, 2021 | 7:00 am

Glencore posts lower metals output for first nine months, reiterates outlook

Value of top 50 mining companies surges $600 billion from covid lows

Despite gold's price slump, strong copper and iron ore prices lifted MINING.COM's ranking of the world's 50 most valuable miners to a new record high of $1.35 trillion.

MINING.com Editor | April 8, 2021 | 12:21 pm

Canada Nickel updates resource at Crawford project in Ontario

Canada Nickel, Taykwa Tagamou Nation ink MOU

The agreement is for financing the mine fleet for the Crawford nickel cobalt sulphide project in Ontario.

MINING.com Editor | April 8, 2021 | 12:12 pm

Northern Dynasty welcomes all-road transport plan for Pebble

Investors call on EPA, Congress for ban on development in Alaska’s Bristol Bay

50 investors representing $105 billion wrote about concerns of the social and environmental impacts of the Northern Dynasty's proposed Pebble mine.

MINING.com Editor | April 7, 2021 | 11:46 am

CHART: Global metal and ore production at a glance

GRAPH: Global metal and ore production at a glance

Critical metals and minerals are a tiny sliver of a sliver of global mining production.

MINING.com Editor | April 6, 2021 | 1:02 pm

Pre-consultation for Pan American Silver’s Escobal begins this month

The world’s third largest silver mine has been shut since July 2017 after Guatemala's Supreme Court provisionally ordered so following an appeal from environment and human rights organization CALAS.

MINING.com Editor | April 6, 2021 | 12:10 pm