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Botswana Diamonds to begin production in South Africa

The miner said the proof of concept currently running at Marsfontein has provided key information for the development of Thorny River.

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 3, 2023 | 9:29 am

Canadian deep-sea miner TMC to seek licence in 2024

The Metals Company is ready to apply for a mining…

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 3, 2023 | 5:15 am

Australian Strategic Materials inks deal to sell rare earths to US magnet maker

Australian Strategic Materials will supply about 60% of USA Rare…

Staff Writer | August 3, 2023 | 3:45 am

How Rainbow Rare Earths plans to bootstrap itself onto the global stage

The company will use a technologically innovative approach to produce…

Henry Lazenby | August 2, 2023 | 3:29 pm

Hochschild granted key permit for Inmaculada mine in Peru

The permit, valid for 20 years, allows Hochschild to resume…

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 2, 2023 | 5:45 am

Atlantic Lithium shares rise on new Ghana resource estimate

JORC-compliant Ewoyaa lithium resource grows 42%.

Henry Lazenby | March 24, 2022 | 12:08 pm

American company developing house made of coal waste

X-MAT is developing high-strength, lightweight building materials made using domestic coal waste.

Staff Writer | March 23, 2022 | 6:06 am

Gulf widens between fossil fuels, transition to renewable energy

War in Ukraine and the redrawing of the Iron Curtain around Russia threatens to turn a regional energy crisis into a global one.

Nelson Bennett - Business in Vancouver | March 22, 2022 | 2:52 pm

ArcelorMittal removes Russian materials from steel supply chain

Europe’s biggest steelmaker has eliminated Russian commodities from its supply chain following the invasion of Ukraine.

Bloomberg News | March 22, 2022 | 8:32 am

Court halts exploration at Los Andes Copper’s Chile project on potential endangered species impact

The court order relates to the impact on the the habitat of the vizcachas, a small rabbit that is part of the food chain for the Andean cat.

Staff Writer | March 21, 2022 | 3:46 pm

Imagine Lithium enters exploration agreement with First Nations groups on Jackpot property

Under the agreement, Imagine Lithium will grant a total of 3 million common share purchase warrants to the First Nations groups, with each receiving 1 million warrants.

Staff Writer | March 21, 2022 | 8:57 am

Copper, gold, silver key to making carbon capture efforts succeed – study

Chemists at Tsinghua University have developed a nano-scale structure that combines copper, gold and silver to work as a superior catalyst in a reaction whose performance will be essential if carbon capture efforts are to succeed in helping to mitigate global warming.

Staff Writer | March 21, 2022 | 6:06 am

Scientists get closer look at how methane-eating bacteria turn greenhouse gases into fuel

Methanotrophic bacteria consume 30 million metric tons of methane per year and have a natural ability to convert the greenhouse gas into usable fuel.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | March 20, 2022 | 9:00 am

NioBay suspends exploration at James Bay project on First Nation objections

The niobium project is located in the district of Cochrane on the traditional territory of the Moose Cree First Nation.

Naimul Karim | March 18, 2022 | 9:43 am

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