Copper, iron ore price rally adds $250bn to top 50 mining companies

The world’s 50 most valuable mining companies jumps to a new record high of $1.3 trillion by year’s end.

MINING.com Editor | January 7, 2021 | 3:05 pm

ALX to acquire Electra nickel project in Ontario

The Vancouver-based miner says the project is prospective for nickel, copper, cobalt, PGE and gold mineralization.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | January 4, 2021 | 6:15 am

MINING.COM’s top science & technology stories of 2020

From a nano-diamond battery that lasts for 28,000 years to advances into mining the Moon.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | January 3, 2021 | 12:20 pm

Energy metals snapshot: Eight companies advancing assets for a greener future

Amid efforts to move the world away from fossil fuels, energy metals are a key pathway to tackling climate change and transition towards a low-carbon future.

Magda Gardner - The Northern Miner | December 31, 2020 | 1:13 pm

After golden year for precious metals, silver set to shine in 2021

Analysts say silver's dual role and its greater volatility mean it could fare better than gold.

Reuters | December 31, 2020 | 12:17 pm

Precious metals and the fight against covid

Precious metals have broad applications in the medical field, well beyond the dental uses most people associate with them.

Sprott Asset Management | December 30, 2020 | 11:10 am

Cobalt may substitute platinum in fuel cells

A team in the US designed a highly active catalyst for fuel cells that contains cobalt interspersed with nitrogen and carbon instead of platinum.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | December 29, 2020 | 7:00 am

Researchers develop method to recover palladium, silver from industrial waste

A team at Kanazawa University discovered how to selectively adsorb silver and palladium ions from aqueous acidic waste.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | December 21, 2020 | 6:25 am

Palladium One reports successful discoveries at Tyko project in Ontario

The miner said that at less than 30 metres true-depth, a 4-metre and a 2-metre wide drill intercept of massive magmatic sulphide was discovered.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | December 8, 2020 | 6:15 am

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