Miners, OEMs launch Electric Mine Consortium
The Electric Mine Consortium’s goal is to accelerate progress towards the fully-electrified, zero-CO2 and zero-particulates mine.
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Advance Gold to enter battery metals space
The Canadian company wants to acquire 13 lithium-potassium-boron prospective salars in central Mexico.
World Gold Council adds four new board members
The addition of Aura Minerals, B2Gold, Sandstorm Gold and Shandong Zhaojin brings total WGC members to 33.
Bluestone’s Cerro Blanco gold project expected to produce 300 koz per year
A PEA for Bluestone Resources’ Cerro Blanco project shows it is capable of producing over 300,000 ounces of gold per year at first decile AISC.
Canada Silver Cobalt working on new battery recycling initiative
The project uses the hydrometallurgical Re-2Ox process to recover metals from lithium-ion, nickel-hydride and nickel-cadmium batteries.
Gold price slump continues, set for fifth straight drop
Bullion fell more than 6% in February, the biggest monthly drop in four years.
Combination with Freeport had a lot of logic – Barrick CEO
Freeport Chief Executive Richard Adkerson said he has no desire to combine Freeport with Barrick or another gold producer.
New lead battery technology could be lower-cost solution to store solar energy
Engineers are working to incorporate a bipolar technology that uses silicon wafers in traditional lead batteries.
Past-producing gold mine in Manitoba being revived
Satori Resources is about to start drilling at the Tartan Lake gold mine project near Flin Flon.
Tungsten prices hit 12-year high as China tightens export controls
China supplies over 80% of the world’s tungsten.