Home: Alcoa powers up in Brazil as China aluminum powers down After six years of lying idle, the Alumar aluminum smelter in Brazil is about to restart operations. Reuters | September 23, 2021 | 10:20 pm
Andrew Forrest spearheads global green hydrogen push Hydrogen is widely touted as the best future option to decarbonize industries like steel, cement, fertilizers, shipping and aviation. Bloomberg News | September 23, 2021 | 7:26 pm
IMF to advise Peru on reform to increase mining taxes, says finance minister Mining is a key source of tax revenue in Peru and the new leftist administration of President Pedro Castillo has repeatedly said it wants to increase mining taxes to pay for new social programs. Reuters | September 23, 2021 | 7:18 pm
70 years of global uranium production by country Uranium was discovered just over 200 years ago in 1789, and today, it’s among the world’s most important energy minerals. Govind Bhutada - Visual Capitalist | September 23, 2021 | 2:08 pm
Top copper producers show some love for Peru’s leftist leader Freeport-McMoRan boss Richard Adkerson said he was left “encouraged” from a recent meeting with President Pedro Castillo. Bloomberg News | September 23, 2021 | 12:43 pm
Visualizing countries by share of earth’s surface Visualizing Countries by Share of Earth’s Surface There are over 510 million square kilometers of area on the surface of Earth, but less […] Nicholas LePan - Visual Capitalist | September 23, 2021 | 12:20 pm
Value of battery metals in new electric cars surges 177% year-on-year Lithium hydroxide prices are up 162% year to date and average lithium use per electric vehicle basis, including hybrids, jumped 19.5% year over year. MINING.com Editor | September 23, 2021 | 11:36 am
Mining People: Andean PM, Ready Set Gold, Seabridge Gold, Iamgold Key moves in the mining industry. Canadian Mining Journal Staff | September 23, 2021 | 10:28 am
Cameco inks deals to supply fuel for small modular reactors It will evaluate the potential establishment of a uranium supply chain capable of servicing a fleet of GWRX-300 small modular reactors. Canadian Mining Journal Staff | September 23, 2021 | 10:17 am
