Copper dealt blow in battle for critical mineral status in the US The Copper Development Association claims the USGS's refusal to include copper is based on old facts outside of its own 2022 methodology. MINING.COM Editor | May 23, 2023 | 9:50 am
Column: Aluminum is the West’s critical minerals blind spot Western European primary aluminum production has been sliding since 2017. Reuters | May 23, 2023 | 9:32 am
Standard Lithium stock surges after finding ‘highest grade brine’ in Arkansas One sample from the south west Arkansas project returned 581 mg/L lithium. Staff Writer | May 23, 2023 | 9:18 am
China buys more Australian coal as appetite for quality builds Australian cargoes in April of mostly thermal coal for power plants surged 75% from the prior month. Bloomberg News | May 23, 2023 | 8:19 am
Microbes help deal with uranium in groundwater, spent nuclear fuel repositories A chemical process for the removal of uranium from groundwater has been discovered. Staff Writer | May 23, 2023 | 6:10 am
Mining lags on female C-suite, board representation Women currently hold 14% of all mining executive positions and 12.3% of board roles, data showed. Reuters | May 23, 2023 | 5:50 am
Adriatic Metals gears up for Bosnia-Herzegovina mine opening A former silver mine that sat abandoned through the years of civil strife from the early 1990s will resume operations in November. Cecilia Jamasmie | May 23, 2023 | 5:47 am
Alpha Lithium rejects buyout bid by Tecpetrol Tecpetrol said it was prepared to engage with Alpha “immediately” and improve its $178 million all-cash offer. Cecilia Jamasmie | May 23, 2023 | 3:40 am
US protectionism could benefit Canadian miners Vast US government spending powers unleashed through the Inflation Reduction Act and Defense Production Act are intended to kickstart a made-in-America green industrialization effort. Nelson Bennett - Business in Vancouver | May 22, 2023 | 2:51 pm