Boliden declares force majeure on zinc amid Norway strikeSwedish miner declared force majeure due to a strike among Norwegian electrochemical industry workers.Reuters | August 23, 2022 | 8:20 am
Volkswagen, Mercedes-Benz team up with Canada in battery materials pushThe agreement includes the production ramp-up of cathode materials.Reuters | August 23, 2022 | 8:17 am
China boosts spending on Russian energy to $35 billion since warPurchases of crude, oil products, gas and coal rose to…Bloomberg News | August 22, 2022 | 8:26 am
Boliden sees 300m SEK hit from covid-19, production snags in Q1 The Swedish firm had previously forecast a negative effect of 200 million crowns Reuters | April 6, 2021 | 7:41 am
Greenland election closely watched by global mining industry Results could help decide the fate of vast deposits of rare earth metals which international companies want to exploit. Reuters | April 6, 2021 | 6:09 am
The next electric-car battery champion could be European After years of ceding the EV battery business to foreign companies, Europe wants in. Bloomberg News | April 5, 2021 | 8:09 am
Raw materials from EV battery recycling have smaller carbon footprint – study Finnish researchers used simulation-based life-cycle to account for emissions and energy and water consumption in the recycling process. MINING.COM Staff Writer | April 5, 2021 | 6:11 am
Copper may be the key to turn CO2 into fuel Germany-based researchers optimized copper catalysts for the conversion of carbon dioxide into chemicals or fuels. Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | April 4, 2021 | 8:00 am
BMW signs $335m lithium supply deal US-based Livent will supply the lithium directly to BMW’s battery cell manufacturers from 2022 on. MINING.COM Staff Writer | April 1, 2021 | 10:13 am
Petropavlovsk’s new CEO emphasizes growth over merger with UGC Denis Alexandrov said the gold miner will focus on expanding output from existing assets before considering mergers. Bloomberg News | April 1, 2021 | 8:19 am
DeepGreen hits backs at firms opposing seafloor mining Supporting a deep-sea mining moratorium is backing the environmental and social ills that come from land extraction, the company says. Cecilia Jamasmie | April 1, 2021 | 7:25 am
Germany to shut down 1.5 GW of coal generation by December Germany has promised to abandon coal by 2038 and achieve a mostly carbon-free energy system by 2050. Cecilia Jamasmie | April 1, 2021 | 3:50 am