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Neo agrees to buy Greenland rare earth project from Hudson Resources

Neo will buy the Sarfartoq project for a total of $3.5 million.

Reuters | August 22, 2022 | 7:35 am

Most Greenlanders support extracting, exporting sand left by melting ice sheet

Climate change is leading to the deposition of substantial amounts…

Staff Writer | August 22, 2022 | 5:05 am

Germany to prioritize coal trains over passenger services

Germany plans to give coal trains priority over passenger services…

Bloomberg News | August 21, 2022 | 10:57 am

Germany may resort to nuclear plants to plug Russian gas gap

Europe is in the middle of its worst energy crisis…

Bloomberg News | August 21, 2022 | 9:22 am

Why prehistoric Brits fancied rare quartz

Six thousand-year-old rock crystals reveal poorly investigated burial rites.

Staff Writer | August 21, 2022 | 7:14 am

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Stars are aligning for uranium price rally

Two new reports argue for a leap in uranium prices as China commits to 46% increase in nuclear capacity, Europe designates it "green" and inventory is hoovered up.

Frik Els | March 31, 2021 | 4:44 pm

Endeavour completes $200m investment by La Mancha

La Mancha holds an interest of about 19% in Endeavour Mining.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | March 31, 2021 | 9:44 am

EU imposes tariffs on Chinese aluminum producers

The European Union has imposed duties on aluminum products imported from China after an investigation showed that they were being sold at unfairly low prices.

Reuters | March 31, 2021 | 7:37 am

Greenland to hold election watched closely by global mining industry

Greenland holds an election next week that could decide the fate of vast deposits of rare earth metals.

Reuters | March 31, 2021 | 7:28 am

Vale sells New Caledonia nickel assets to Trafigura

Vale said it will have a supply contract with the Trafigura-led consortium to off-take part of the nickel produced there.

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 31, 2021 | 7:16 am

New fuel from plastic waste aims to replace fossil fuels in marine industry

Clean Planet Energy plans to use non-recyclable waste plastics to produce two fuels expected to reduce CO2 emissions from the marine industry by 75%.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | March 31, 2021 | 7:01 am

BMW, Volvo, Google and Samsung call for ban on deep-sea mining

They are the first global companies to have signed up a World Wildlife Fund (WWF) call for a moratorium on mining the seabed.

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 31, 2021 | 6:42 am

ABB, Hitachi to develop GHG-reducing solutions

The companies plan to apply ABB’s electrification, automation and digital solutions to mining trucks and excavators provided by Hitachi.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | March 31, 2021 | 6:08 am

Congo launches state-owned cobalt miner

Entreprise Générale du Cobalt will sell cobalt hydroxide from artisanal miners under a five-year contract with trading house Trafigura.

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 31, 2021 | 3:53 am

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